---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing insurance coverage for water-sewer district commissioners."
description: "Addressing insurance coverage for water-sewer district commissioners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5122"
citation: "Washington SB 5122 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER", "SEWAGE AND SEWERS", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Takko"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e822eb8-4d2c-46e9-aa3c-5c24250a04c2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5122&year=2019"
source_hash: "c89b1f9c65fd597be129fadb5c73847337986351601970a8247efc6f373669e7"
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 5122 (2019-2020) — Addressing insurance coverage for water-sewer district commissioners.

## 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/5122.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#5) — **81–12** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Takko — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** LG - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on third reading.
- **2019-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 81; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 40, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-27T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e822eb8-4d2c-46e9-aa3c-5c24250a04c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).