---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting local governments providing certain services for projects under the jurisdiction of the energy facility siting evaluation council from certain appeals."
description: "Exempting local governments providing certain services for projects under the jurisdiction of the energy facility siting evaluation council from certain appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5317"
citation: "Washington SB 5317 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goehner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2458b74e-9e0c-49ce-94a1-574519fdc6b4"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5317&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "f17af6b6a83e31638d6dc605ec734d199d974919de0511fc5d7fc5af8d70dfe9"
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 5317 (2025-2026) — Exempting local governments providing certain services for projects under the jurisdiction of the energy facility siting evaluation council from certain appeals.

## 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/5317.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5317.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **89–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goehner — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-14** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** ENVI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 246, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** 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/2458b74e-9e0c-49ce-94a1-574519fdc6b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).