---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making technical corrections to plumbing supervision and trainee hours reporting."
description: "Making technical corrections to plumbing supervision and trainee hours reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5997"
citation: "Washington SB 5997 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95a9c0c3-d0f7-4e6e-9f11-5900e0c97ed7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5997&year=2023"
source_hash: "14cfc68b01aa7370fea527fafe6ab9487cddbb67369d6437100b95c3128e8c78"
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 5997 (2023-2024) — Making technical corrections to plumbing supervision and trainee hours reporting.

## 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/5997.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5997.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5997.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-30** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LAWS - 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, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 97, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** 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/95a9c0c3-d0f7-4e6e-9f11-5900e0c97ed7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).