---
type: "Bill"
title: "Streamlining and clarifying local governments' land use permitting workloads."
description: "Streamlining and clarifying local governments' land use permitting workloads."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5611"
citation: "Washington SB 5611 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/502b0e8e-343d-4cb6-8c95-cff180808d46"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5611&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "2cdd5c2fcbecfd326dd6502c58a3ec8dcd18daefcaffa4ccf5cc23b7832e1816"
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 5611 (2025-2026) — Streamlining and clarifying local governments' land use permitting workloads.

## 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/5611.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5611-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5611-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5611-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salomon — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-17** 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.
- **2025-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGV 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07** Chapter 208, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-07** 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/502b0e8e-343d-4cb6-8c95-cff180808d46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).