---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating trespassing on a public school bus as a felony offense."
description: "Designating trespassing on a public school bus as a felony offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5891"
citation: "Washington SB 5891 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boehnke"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a763a8ef-89c9-433d-b8fe-62cc5c7e6355"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5891&year=2023"
source_hash: "74a992546352251526537afe597c815d00996c14ec2d6771949d21d3f0a7d075"
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 5891 (2023-2024) — Designating trespassing on a public school bus as a felony offense.

## 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/5891.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5891-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5891-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5891-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#52) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#33) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boehnke — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-21** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-20** CSJR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 302, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** 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/a763a8ef-89c9-433d-b8fe-62cc5c7e6355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).