---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the department of veterans affairs."
description: "Concerning the department of veterans affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5323"
citation: "Washington SB 5323 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MacEwen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86be74db-864d-42b7-b500-2e26e3947166"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5323&year=2023"
source_hash: "c037888dd92c0f2b371862673132a6ca7a0061f8dcbf14325fdcf1b6ddcd62a4"
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 5323 (2023-2024) — Concerning the department of veterans affairs.

## 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/5323.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5323.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MacEwen — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-03** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-03-15** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 327, 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/86be74db-864d-42b7-b500-2e26e3947166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).