---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings."
description: "Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5156"
citation: "Washington SB 5156 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salomon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26157255-b88e-4719-b51b-6c8a871b8110"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5156&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "3356a9ed3e71589500cbeaf4090f287cd72905644e22d2f93d1ee0845a7ee244"
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 5156 (2025-2026) — Concerning elevator standards in smaller apartment buildings.

## 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/5156.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5156-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5156-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5156-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **41–7** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **42–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **41–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#30) — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salomon — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-24** HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-01-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSG 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-24** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-27** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-21** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended.
- **2026-02-13** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2026-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-23** HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 41; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 145, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26157255-b88e-4719-b51b-6c8a871b8110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).