---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors to waive the fundamentals examination for professional engineer or professional land surveyor comity applicants."
description: "Authorizing the state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors to waive the fundamentals examination for professional engineer or professional land surveyor comity applicants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5283"
citation: "Washington SB 5283 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1344000c-f3e2-4fbe-917d-75570262acca"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5283&year=2023"
source_hash: "507a62a8f066381b6b74a1f4a0c09bb7fe2e46e9a75cdd522a7cf36c92a48d26"
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 5283 (2023-2024) — Authorizing the state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors to waive the fundamentals examination for professional engineer or professional land surveyor comity applicants.

## 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/5283.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5283.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Van De Wege — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** 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 274, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/1344000c-f3e2-4fbe-917d-75570262acca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).