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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts."
description: "Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5955"
citation: "Washington SB 5955 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd362cbc-9b29-455f-9b14-3e6f80818c90"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5955&year=2023"
source_hash: "10264b3e627e601eadf6fafcb968a1f5f2188f94901f57b39dd97eb724179f48"
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 5955 (2023-2024) — Mitigating harm and improving equity in large port districts.
## 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/5955.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5955-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5955-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5955-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5955-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **83–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Keiser — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-30** LGLT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Capital Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** CB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 194, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** 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/fd362cbc-9b29-455f-9b14-3e6f80818c90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).