---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the public records exemptions accountability committee."
description: "Concerning the public records exemptions accountability committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5049"
citation: "Washington SB 5049 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-12-13"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4fe4ef3-1c7d-481d-885f-54b0c1490028"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5049&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6af1a65f602d2936c39e9f219e5c363810c2f0ba05491228c5379022f92b8c00"
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 5049 (2025-2026) — Concerning the public records exemptions accountability committee.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5049.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5049-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5049-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Wilson — primary (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- McCune — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-07** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGTE 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter 110, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4fe4ef3-1c7d-481d-885f-54b0c1490028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).