---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning criminal penalties for bias-motivated defacement of private or public property."
description: "Concerning criminal penalties for bias-motivated defacement of private or public property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5917"
citation: "Washington SB 5917 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billig"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-28"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af77de28-22c7-4bff-b932-f148cf470416"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5917&year=2023"
source_hash: "fe703fc95a3223083e79a110ebc9c8a0b28ebf8af9400d39e449617ea447a776"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 5917 (2023-2024) — Concerning criminal penalties for bias-motivated defacement of private or public property.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5917.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5917-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5917-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#47) — **68–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billig — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-12-28** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-20** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 34, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af77de28-22c7-4bff-b932-f148cf470416`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).