---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding veterans' services and programs."
description: "Expanding veterans' services and programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5358"
citation: "Washington SB 5358 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gildon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2613419-e671-492c-acff-64acf7710995"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5358&year=2023"
source_hash: "950ff3ee409ba235f6c8c713063e559bd70e0ef9b17206c8d155e5caeade7a89"
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 5358 (2023-2024) — Expanding veterans' services and programs.

## 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/5358.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5358-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5358-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gildon — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** 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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by State Government & Elections. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGE 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-01** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** 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** 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** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 224, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** 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/c2613419-e671-492c-acff-64acf7710995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).