---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning overpayments for certain matters."
description: "Concerning overpayments for certain matters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5392"
citation: "Washington SB 5392 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schoesler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1696e3f2-30ea-4cc9-960c-c5ae00e390a0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5392&year=2023"
source_hash: "af3353b508aad7d15db5345976e65118ee179b9e1ad85f55d5e8d645c0f59ec5"
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 5392 (2023-2024) — Concerning overpayments for certain matters.

## 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/5392.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5392.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Schoesler — primary (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **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 Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `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 278, 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/1696e3f2-30ea-4cc9-960c-c5ae00e390a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).