---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax."
description: "Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5813"
citation: "Washington SB 5813 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34af7db1-51fa-48ea-af9a-7abd757f4b7b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5813&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "a5d1719f41908e1eec7e2e79c481e088d1bf98b5e0fa42bf3bd44b591dce8898"
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 5813 (2025-2026) — Increasing funding to the education legacy trust account by creating a more progressive rate structure for the capital gains tax and estate tax.

## 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/5813.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5813-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5813-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5813-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **27–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-16** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 5:30 PM.
- **2025-04-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-18** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-04-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-19** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-04-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 11:30 AM.
- **2025-04-22** FIN - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 27; nays, 21; 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`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 421, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 5/20/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34af7db1-51fa-48ea-af9a-7abd757f4b7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).