---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning funding and expenditures for legislative organizations by legislators who serve as elected leaders of those organizations."
description: "Concerning funding and expenditures for legislative organizations by legislators who serve as elected leaders of those organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5170"
citation: "Washington SB 5170 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/123fb779-4aaf-4080-b2a5-2437c41cb8f5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5170&year=2023"
source_hash: "0f663ea02683487377722446bce79ec239e096bdb30a1803add07b0cc40da9be"
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 5170 (2023-2024) — Concerning funding and expenditures for legislative organizations by legislators who serve as elected leaders of those organizations.

## 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/5170.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5170-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5170-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — 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 State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-20** SGE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGE 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Chapter 91, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-14** 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/123fb779-4aaf-4080-b2a5-2437c41cb8f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).