---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulating exterior cladding materials."
description: "Regulating exterior cladding materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5571"
citation: "Washington SB 5571 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-29"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab80732a-3ac1-43ee-8726-ddf62f50838b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5571&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "e39ce24bd372addce800e53ccb1dc4b870919d3165fe5b5b1277707bdd1d6dc2"
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 5571 (2025-2026) — Regulating exterior cladding materials.

## 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/5571.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5571.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **62–33** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **64–33** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **33–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bateman — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-13** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** LG - 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`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2025-04-23** House receded 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, 64; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 270, 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/ab80732a-3ac1-43ee-8726-ddf62f50838b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).