---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning fire protection district commissioner per diem compensation."
description: "Concerning fire protection district commissioner per diem compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5925"
citation: "Washington SB 5925 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-29"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26160a26-97e2-4876-8158-825a8fb857c2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5925&year=2023"
source_hash: "2898ba16e3d297a52a91024648341bc093da1c369ea84dff54ffd662aba9b6f0"
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 5925 (2023-2024) — Concerning fire protection district commissioner per diem compensation.

## 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/5925.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5925-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5925-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torres — primary (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-29** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-25** LGLT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGLT 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LG - 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, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `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 35, 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/26160a26-97e2-4876-8158-825a8fb857c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).