---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning female genital mutilation."
description: "Concerning female genital mutilation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5453"
citation: "Washington SB 5453 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83f5d6f8-68ef-4a7e-8cfa-d6e65113a757"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5453&year=2023"
source_hash: "087744919095cea9a3caecef1f3b975e222bcc8c13ac9755281e67e2736656aa"
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 5453 (2023-2024) — Concerning female genital mutilation.

## 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/5453.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5453-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5453-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** 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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2023-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-20** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 122, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 4/20/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83f5d6f8-68ef-4a7e-8cfa-d6e65113a757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).