---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the ethics in public service act."
description: "Concerning the ethics in public service act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5143"
citation: "Washington SB 5143 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gildon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13407419-edd8-4ddd-97e4-020770cbf2f3"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5143&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "9c67b465bab5c533fc960ea450c09aeaad476f6994ce2ec54fa457a012608929"
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 5143 (2025-2026) — Concerning the ethics in public service act.

## 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/5143.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5143-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5143-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5143-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House on Reconsideration (#12) — **70–26** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **78–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gildon — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-24** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGTE 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2025-04-23** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2025-04-23** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 377, 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/13407419-edd8-4ddd-97e4-020770cbf2f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).