---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the protection of critical constituent and state operational data against the financial and personal harm caused by ransomware and other malicious cyber activities."
description: "Concerning the protection of critical constituent and state operational data against the financial and personal harm caused by ransomware and other malicious cyber activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5518"
citation: "Washington SB 5518 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boehnke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eafe29f-9362-497f-baf3-0a894c2ed201"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5518&year=2023"
source_hash: "1b70d2d3c4f39f47f16baaf48674fbf467e1de70d6888b0a9875329561f052ee"
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 5518 (2023-2024) — Concerning the protection of critical constituent and state operational data against the financial and personal harm caused by ransomware and other malicious cyber activities.

## 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/5518.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5518-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5518-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5518-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boehnke — primary (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to Environment, Energy & Technology. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Technology at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-14** ENET - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** 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, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 124, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/6eafe29f-9362-497f-baf3-0a894c2ed201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).