---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing administrative complexity by increasing transparency of revenue flows for activities funded by document recording fees."
description: "Reducing administrative complexity by increasing transparency of revenue flows for activities funded by document recording fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5386"
citation: "Washington SB 5386 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45e1e855-56c3-4bee-834c-807e3321f0a4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5386&year=2023"
source_hash: "3ba16766a394e6ab5641567eca58d151763319b206613c79baa626f03af1f058"
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 5386 (2023-2024) — Reducing administrative complexity by increasing transparency of revenue flows for activities funded by document recording fees.

## 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/5386.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5386-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5386-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **92–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-08** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-10** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-10** HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Housing. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-20** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** 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 with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 5; 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 277, 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/45e1e855-56c3-4bee-834c-807e3321f0a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).