---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lengthening port commissioner terms."
description: "Lengthening port commissioner terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5370"
citation: "Washington SB 5370 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c0faed2-8b2c-435d-9aae-38a048d4eac6"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5370&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ce1647113644acd916a61b7d91d177300548d7c2626ee9dae4b4af52dcbfb034"
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 5370 (2025-2026) — Lengthening port commissioner terms.

## 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/5370.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5370-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5370-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **88–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Krishnadasan — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-06** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-06** LGV - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted (LGV 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 11:00 AM.
- **2025-04-01** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 336, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** 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/5c0faed2-8b2c-435d-9aae-38a048d4eac6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).