---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the capital budget."
description: "Concerning the capital budget."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5949"
citation: "Washington SB 5949 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullet"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe789182-23a2-4669-ac52-d3b1d132aca6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5949&year=2023"
source_hash: "8a50ca6f06b2870922c2de37878482cfccb59b021ce4a59cbae29f2412034476"
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 5949 (2023-2024) — Concerning the capital budget.

## 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/5949.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5949-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5949-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5949-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullet — primary (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-19** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-22** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-29** Chapter 375, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-29** Effective date 3/29/2024*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe789182-23a2-4669-ac52-d3b1d132aca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).