---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption."
description: "Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5553"
citation: "Washington SB 5553 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovelett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c759503-b0ea-42d3-bdcc-37780df146f4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5553&year=2023"
source_hash: "cf3c4b917f7cc052fd4366def7859337ef551cdf2eab58d73149cfcfa73946c3"
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 5553 (2023-2024) — Authorizing standards for temporary emergency shelters for local adoption.

## 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/5553.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5553.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **82–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovelett — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-14** LGLT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 47, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** 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/2c759503-b0ea-42d3-bdcc-37780df146f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).