---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning alternate funding for libraries."
description: "Concerning alternate funding for libraries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5365"
citation: "Washington SB 5365 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32cbc47c-bec4-4bfc-acdd-c70eaab4b86c"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5365&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "a7c32dc8cb25ff32c8e49fc9b0c162cb5255258e064cac6d5c3eb9296e40813e"
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 5365 (2025-2026) — Concerning alternate funding for libraries.

## 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/5365.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5365-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5365-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-20** LGV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGV 25). `substitution`
- **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 Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 11:00 AM.
- **2025-04-01** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `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`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 275, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** 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/32cbc47c-bec4-4bfc-acdd-c70eaab4b86c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).