# ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5838 (Washington) — effective March 18, 2024

For ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5838 (Washington), effective date is March 18, 2024; what it applies to is the artificial intelligence task force established to assess the uses and impacts of generative artificial intelligence and to make recommendations to the legislature, recorded from its source on 2026-09-08.

- **Jurisdiction:** Washington _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5838 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective date:** March 18, 2024 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** the artificial intelligence task force established to assess the uses and impacts of generative artificial intelligence and to make recommendations to the legislature _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> EFFECTIVE DATE: March 18, 2024

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5838

## Source

- https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Laws/Senate/5838-S2.SL.pdf

Last verified: 2026-09-08. Review by: 2026-10-23.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).