---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing school district depreciation subfunds for the purposes of preventative maintenance."
description: "Establishing school district depreciation subfunds for the purposes of preventative maintenance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5403"
citation: "Washington SB 5403 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schoesler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2170d0b-af27-4fce-a92b-02dd84fbe1ec"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5403&year=2023"
source_hash: "6c9efbfbb2348d2bbba48da92476fa2d0f86cbed47f3772537cdacce34b5392b"
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 5403 (2023-2024) — Establishing school district depreciation subfunds for the purposes of preventative maintenance.

## 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/5403.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5403.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Schoesler — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **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 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-20** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 402, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** 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/f2170d0b-af27-4fce-a92b-02dd84fbe1ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).