---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating postsecondary wrestling grant programs."
description: "Creating postsecondary wrestling grant programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5687"
citation: "Washington SB 5687 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e9cf31-d4d7-44d7-ac1d-93ea2c4c207a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5687&year=2023"
source_hash: "c3915dda2d695ffc947b2e3b650e062afbd38ad099968bd9f4b087fc477bb9da"
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 5687 (2023-2024) — Creating postsecondary wrestling grant programs.

## 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/5687.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5687-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5687-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **80–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Van De Wege — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 1st 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 Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-01** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-01** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-01** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 190, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** 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/c6e9cf31-d4d7-44d7-ac1d-93ea2c4c207a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).