---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the court of appeals."
description: "Concerning the court of appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5155"
citation: "Washington SB 5155 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wagoner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb7c4bc3-b13e-46f5-ae2e-bca8789f26de"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5155&year=2023"
source_hash: "c7ef00d4e91f4579a750339ad601e5009493e5ff9d939db2703bef7199f0140d"
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 5155 (2023-2024) — Concerning the court of appeals.

## 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/5155.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5155.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wagoner — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 184, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** 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/eb7c4bc3-b13e-46f5-ae2e-bca8789f26de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).