---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting Washington communities from lead-based paint."
description: "Protecting Washington communities from lead-based paint."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5494"
citation: "Washington SB 5494 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kauffman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc5e64d1-15ca-4189-a8d1-c7f8f9686caa"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5494&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "751d3830b4f872ea2e05c1359e1af104058c1b09978a527f19660755af422804"
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 5494 (2025-2026) — Protecting Washington communities from lead-based paint.

## 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/5494.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5494-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5494-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **63–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **31–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kauffman — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** ENET - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-09** First reading, referred to Environment & Energy. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Environment & Energy at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-18** ENVI - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Chapter 180, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-29** 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/bc5e64d1-15ca-4189-a8d1-c7f8f9686caa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).