---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding attempted murder to the list of offenses that may be prosecuted at any time after their commission."
description: "Adding attempted murder to the list of offenses that may be prosecuted at any time after their commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5810"
citation: "Washington SB 5810 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e0f6ea-9c7f-4221-842d-137c007109da"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5810&year=2017"
source_hash: "88f091f9269a9e95fa7782f99cac1588fd74f07daf819e6a91eb3596ef6f67d6"
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 5810 (2017-2018) — Adding attempted murder to the list of offenses that may be prosecuted at any time after their commission.

## 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/5810.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5810-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5810-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-04-14** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2017-04-20** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-04-21** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-21** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 125, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** Effective date 4/25/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08e0f6ea-9c7f-4221-842d-137c007109da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).