---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee."
description: "Concerning the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5957"
citation: "Washington SB 5957 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-31"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d41e80e4-95f5-4201-836a-3f6a151b8033"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5957&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "939351412f9ca8b54cb7abd9eb29420cab25e1b5625bf688e2e7e8cefbebc341"
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 5957 (2025-2026) — Concerning the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs advisory committee.

## 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/5957.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5957.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **72–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-31** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-20** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-21** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-01-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** ELHS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Chapter 72, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-16** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d41e80e4-95f5-4201-836a-3f6a151b8033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).