---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive plan."
description: "Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5820"
citation: "Washington SB 5820 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-01"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83cdf9c5-58dd-4308-badd-f740d8887823"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5820&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "3f81f3a6e3912c4ed5834b0f246749f452b5e0fb727b79741e11d4338cf912ba"
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 5820 (2025-2026) — Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive plan.

## 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/5820.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5820.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **54–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortes — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-01** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-29** LGV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:30 AM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-20** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-30** Chapter 247, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-30** 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/83cdf9c5-58dd-4308-badd-f740d8887823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).