---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning people who have been targeted or affected by hate crimes and bias incidents."
description: "Concerning people who have been targeted or affected by hate crimes and bias incidents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5427"
citation: "Washington SB 5427 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valdez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35306a55-7fdd-4446-a881-fe7ffbb5db2d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5427&year=2023"
source_hash: "ea98b0654da09b32c815b6bc433bcf323b53906525d35e1f8359e5202389a083"
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 5427 (2023-2024) — Concerning people who have been targeted or affected by hate crimes and bias incidents.

## 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/5427.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5427-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5427-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **56–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valdez — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** 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`
- **2023-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-07** 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 session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 299, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** Effective date 1/1/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35306a55-7fdd-4446-a881-fe7ffbb5db2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).