---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning governmental continuity during emergency periods."
description: "Concerning governmental continuity during emergency periods."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5012"
citation: "Washington SB 5012 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMERGENCIES", "MILITARY DEPARTMENT", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "STATE GOVERNMENT", "TERRORISM", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-07"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fcce9be-29e3-4453-b786-bc9638875b04"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5012&year=2019"
source_hash: "d9390679fef278a48d07616c4fd00d84c9501bef5df5f06f9870679909a738b9"
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 5012 (2019-2020) — Concerning governmental continuity during emergency periods.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5012.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5012-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **37–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Takko — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-18** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-18** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** HOUS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Housing, Community Development & Veterans.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 471, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019**. `became-law`
- **2019-01-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fcce9be-29e3-4453-b786-bc9638875b04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).