---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the department of fish and wildlife to establish disease interdiction and control check stations."
description: "Authorizing the department of fish and wildlife to establish disease interdiction and control check stations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5306"
citation: "Washington SB 5306 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ebb48c7-6f5c-46fc-8352-6fe3817311b8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5306&year=2023"
source_hash: "bf99e03624fd1dd8b8a5dd7b6b4252e81777383a0d66920943b73a82b44dd2a8"
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 5306 (2023-2024) — Authorizing the department of fish and wildlife to establish disease interdiction and control check stations.

## 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/5306.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5306-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5306-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-02** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** 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 (AWNP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:30 AM.
- **2023-03-29** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-23** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on third reading consent calendar. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-10** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Chapter 318, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-28** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ebb48c7-6f5c-46fc-8352-6fe3817311b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).