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type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting southern resident orcas from vessels."
description: "Protecting southern resident orcas from vessels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5371"
citation: "Washington SB 5371 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovelett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/debfd314-55c8-4c04-b762-221a028ede11"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5371&year=2023"
source_hash: "89042b39cce1b28d306803aa17b8c8bfffdffc9be1f1deab3b7fc8d553fac23f"
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 5371 (2023-2024) — Protecting southern resident orcas from vessels.
## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5371.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5371-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5371-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5371-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **29–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lovelett — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-13** First reading, referred to Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-16** AWNP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-17** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (AWNP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-03-29** AGNR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Agriculture and Natural Resources. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment adopted and floor amendment(s) also adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-05-15** Chapter 452, 2023 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2023-05-15** Effective date 7/23/2023*. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/debfd314-55c8-4c04-b762-221a028ede11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).