WA SB 5820

enacted

Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive plan.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5820 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5820 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-30. Latest recorded action (2026-03-30): Effective date 6/11/2026.

What is WA SB 5820 about?

WA SB 5820 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning the responsibility of certain counties to include freight rail dependent use overlay as part of the transportation element of their comprehensive plan.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5820?

Cortes is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5820, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-30 — Effective date 6/11/2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-12-01
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Local Government.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-19
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-22
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-29
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-29
LGV - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-29
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-30
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-04
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-02-10
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-10
Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-02-12
First reading, referred to Local Government.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:30 AM.
2026-02-20
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-20
LG - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-20
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-20
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
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
2026-03-03
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-03
Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 5.
reading-3
2026-03-04
President signed.
passage
2026-03-05
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-09
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-30
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-30
Chapter 247, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-30
Effective date 6/11/2026.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19)
2026-02-10 · pass · 30-19
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33)
2026-03-03 · pass · 54-39
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: other
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: no
- Hackney: other
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: no
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: no
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: other
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: no
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: no
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: other
- Walen: no
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5820&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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