---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning public facilities districts."
description: "Concerning public facilities districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5138"
citation: "Washington SB 5138 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/427e18fc-7970-4867-b843-44e2ebbc5956"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5138&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5dacf0a37f84e1f5f025257c0d3136e66c419f27b0bc72014119f4d93dffe8f0"
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 5138 (2025-2026) — Concerning public facilities districts.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5138.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5138.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **62–32** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **31–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-05** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-27** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 376, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/427e18fc-7970-4867-b843-44e2ebbc5956`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).