---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department."
description: "Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5315"
citation: "Washington SB 5315 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gildon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/861b60a5-d8ee-460f-bfd2-9f3e0e7b1cd5"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5315&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7c71a9475e19ddd9121fc1cc18e314df14ad827403d8cad32167e8c04092e6b7"
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 5315 (2025-2026) — Standardizing notification provisions relating to local tax rate changes and shared taxes administered by the department.

## 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/5315.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5315.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gildon — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-30** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-05** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 10:00 AM.
- **2025-04-07** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 245, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** 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/861b60a5-d8ee-460f-bfd2-9f3e0e7b1cd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).