---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopting the uniform electronic legal material act."
description: "Adopting the uniform electronic legal material act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5039"
citation: "Washington SB 5039 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "STATE", "COMPUTERS", "LEGISLATURE", "RECORDS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "CODE REVISER", "NAMED ACTS", "ARCHIVES", "REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON", "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATIVE CODE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98ece9c8-ed31-44f9-a125-ad105eb4ea65"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5039&year=2017"
source_hash: "817a63b58c628873af36e78b85a1c2e79e65d3b2b504f496edaa3c02ff37bfa8"
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 5039 (2017-2018) — Adopting the uniform electronic legal material act.

## 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/5039.htm)

## Votes

- Adoption (#2) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Chapter 106, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-21** Effective date 1/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98ece9c8-ed31-44f9-a125-ad105eb4ea65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).