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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning noncompetition covenants."
description: "Concerning noncompetition covenants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5935"
citation: "Washington SB 5935 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7350ff7-ee89-4dfa-8862-be0976efc20d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5935&year=2023"
source_hash: "55c2db089bb94ea09ffd015591d1bb977f582fe5a41939fb4d2d812b4a41c18c"
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 5935 (2023-2024) — Concerning noncompetition covenants.
## 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/5935.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5935-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5935-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **55–38** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Stanford — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-23** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 36, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7350ff7-ee89-4dfa-8862-be0976efc20d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).