---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning pollinator habitat."
description: "Concerning pollinator habitat."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5934"
citation: "Washington SB 5934 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/078ab4a4-eed1-499a-9d0a-21dbb035343a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5934&year=2023"
source_hash: "15702e181f829ff78cecb0d4b0cbd92721096f9956bc16394137ca735f33dea7"
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 5934 (2023-2024) — Concerning pollinator habitat.

## 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/5934.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5934-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5934-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#39) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padden — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-30** LGLT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGLT 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Chapter 337, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-28** 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/078ab4a4-eed1-499a-9d0a-21dbb035343a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).