---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning notice of relief from the duty to register."
description: "Concerning notice of relief from the duty to register."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5083"
citation: "Washington SB 5083 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/247b9b87-6a56-48ad-add0-c908a2ff7815"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5083&year=2017"
source_hash: "a19e2886806ba41154cfde1bc4910da94cbf341558f357ba01146bcea0cb8a15"
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 5083 (2017-2018) — Concerning notice of relief from the duty to register.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5083.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5083-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#7) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-09** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 86, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/247b9b87-6a56-48ad-add0-c908a2ff7815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).