---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the farm internship program."
description: "Expanding the farm internship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5156"
citation: "Washington SB 5156 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a452b9fd-d226-4296-9ec1-fe77f133688c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5156&year=2023"
source_hash: "65d69f29ec211e518578d5cb6f2931174a7490055b2f517263acc9bcea94455a"
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 5156 (2023-2024) — Expanding the farm internship program.

## 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/5156.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5156-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5156-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torres — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — 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 Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-17** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-01-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 23). `substitution`
- **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 Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment adopted and floor amendment(s) also adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 269, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 5/4/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a452b9fd-d226-4296-9ec1-fe77f133688c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).