---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the award of fees for limited license legal technicians in certain domestic violence cases."
description: "Concerning the award of fees for limited license legal technicians in certain domestic violence cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5213"
citation: "Washington SB 5213 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "ATTORNEYS", "COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41aa6d8e-c0f4-46a9-be04-93e88dbb74ca"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5213&year=2017"
source_hash: "bf69ee6f5dc662bee90a7d4528c335e312f48b911a310dcf0d12849350cd8819"
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 5213 (2017-2018) — Concerning the award of fees for limited license legal technicians in certain domestic violence cases.

## 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/5213.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#19) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-21** Senate Rules "X" file.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** Moved to Rules White Sheet.
- **2018-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 84, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41aa6d8e-c0f4-46a9-be04-93e88dbb74ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).