---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making updates to the Washington business corporation act."
description: "Making updates to the Washington business corporation act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5004"
citation: "Washington SB 5004 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f06f481-d78b-4da7-a4fb-40f16ace0ab4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5004&year=2023"
source_hash: "f767bcaede5fa515a0188e1388a007dda241a9e82c71dff93f53920df0462212"
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 5004 (2023-2024) — Making updates to the Washington business corporation act.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5004.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5004.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-12** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-12** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-01-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-10** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Civil Rights & Judiciary. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-03-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 432, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f06f481-d78b-4da7-a4fb-40f16ace0ab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).