---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing gate money to individuals releasing from custody prior to the expiration of their sentence."
description: "Providing gate money to individuals releasing from custody prior to the expiration of their sentence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5893"
citation: "Washington SB 5893 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-21"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3285a5c-5a28-497e-939e-8fd09f70f37b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5893&year=2023"
source_hash: "348d0c30ea9c06ef05d0af6d07371fbf0519c8381cfff84de41d1cf294448f52"
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 5893 (2023-2024) — Providing gate money to individuals releasing from custody prior to the expiration of their sentence.

## 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/5893.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5893-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5893-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5893-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **69–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **34–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — 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 Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-18** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 32, 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/f3285a5c-5a28-497e-939e-8fd09f70f37b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).