---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the sale of halal foods."
description: "Concerning the sale of halal foods."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5799"
citation: "Washington SB 5799 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-05"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/017f7e00-112b-4202-bc64-8b8507819e3c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5799&year=2023"
source_hash: "d2b7f501c2e24c26208d2df6589569a9266f070cff6dd92a206e6a485fb19129"
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 5799 (2023-2024) — Concerning the sale of halal foods.

## 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/5799.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5799.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-25** AWNP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-31** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration; referred to Ways & Means.
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** AGNR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25** Chapter 245, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-25** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/017f7e00-112b-4202-bc64-8b8507819e3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).