---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts."
description: "Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5194"
citation: "Washington SB 5194 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trudeau"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a045051e-a010-4f0d-ada2-b774c3382e7f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5194&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "408e4da8b86a66b1a52468d70df1f4c4dfb86b9e10a463efbc9135ac1af333c9"
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 5194 (2025-2026) — Concerning state general obligation bonds and related accounts.

## 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/5194.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5194-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5194-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trudeau — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-01** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-03** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-05** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-27** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-27** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 415, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 5/20/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a045051e-a010-4f0d-ada2-b774c3382e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).