republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5998.md

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Bill	Timing of eligibility for vacation of nonfelony convictions.	Timing of eligibility for vacation of nonfelony convictions.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5998	Washington SB 5998 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Hansen	3	27	2	2024-01-05	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/7460950d-7dcd-425e-b9cf-f0d51416a865	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5998&year=2023	f2d49e78ee6aba62c6bd1cf9f8410d491987109e26874b667ed3946d35a40b4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5998 (2023-2024) — Timing of eligibility for vacation of nonfelony convictions.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#50) — 58–36 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — 29–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hansen — primary (person)
• Billig — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-18 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-18 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-18 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-18 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-01-24 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-01-31 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 24). substitution
• 2024-01-31 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-01-31 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-02 First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
• 2024-02-20 CSJR - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2024-03-01 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-04 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Chapter 296, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-26 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7460950d-7dcd-425e-b9cf-f0d51416a865. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).