---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the recruitment and retention of Washington national guard members."
description: "Concerning the recruitment and retention of Washington national guard members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5803"
citation: "Washington SB 5803 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a43a75d8-d2e8-40b7-bde7-9807ea29bceb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5803&year=2023"
source_hash: "4671190ea2d97f37b7a39ce821d258fc1d00f74d2fb824516aed3344166f8132"
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 5803 (2023-2024) — Concerning the recruitment and retention of Washington national guard members.

## 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/5803.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5803-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5803-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-16** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans at 8:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** ICEV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 24, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** 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/a43a75d8-d2e8-40b7-bde7-9807ea29bceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).