---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records."
description: "Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5863"
citation: "Washington SB 5863 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kauffman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-10"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e57fdda-9a8c-488c-9946-009446bfb221"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5863&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ddc9cb9cbfc372c64706058f200b1de9925dab8836638dd01daf37ca2b2e798e"
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 5863 (2025-2026) — Concerning the preservation and inspection of state historical records.

## 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/5863.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5863.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kauffman — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-16** SGTE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-16** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-01-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-06** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2026-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 208, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** 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/7e57fdda-9a8c-488c-9946-009446bfb221`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).