---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing local governments' land use permitting workloads."
description: "Reducing local governments' land use permitting workloads."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5412"
citation: "Washington SB 5412 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/923971e1-90c4-44d6-a28c-fe0339126bf8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5412&year=2023"
source_hash: "9201f3c843d5ef0d11ed9d737ec755e0be3e3978cf09f18d3fa8644fead9e037"
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 5412 (2023-2024) — Reducing local governments' land use permitting workloads.

## 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/5412.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5412-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5412-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5412-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salomon — primary (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-07** LGLT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-08** On motion, referred to Transportation.
- **2023-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-23** TRAN - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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`
- **2023-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted (TRAN 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment adopted and floor amendment(s) also adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2023-04-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 368, 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/923971e1-90c4-44d6-a28c-fe0339126bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).