---
type: "Bill"
title: "Monitoring of domestic violence perpetrators."
description: "Monitoring of domestic violence perpetrators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5149"
citation: "Washington SB 5149 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "ORDERS OF COURT", "SENTENCING", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd4fc88-2cfb-46a0-9dfb-ec8db8465df9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5149&year=2019"
source_hash: "774c7051474666f0b259a520274fbb539288bea6a26c11eead11fca68992574c"
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 5149 (2019-2020) — Monitoring of domestic violence perpetrators.

## 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/5149.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5149-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5149-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson, L. — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-25** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-14** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2020-01-14** And refer to Law & Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Referred to Law & Justice.
- **2020-01-23** LAW - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-01-31** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-24** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-25** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-14** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2020-01-14** And refer to Law & Justice. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Referred to Law & Justice.
- **2020-01-23** LAW - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-01-31** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-23** LAW - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-01-28** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-01-31** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-01-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-03** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-24** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-29** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 296, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-06T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-01-14T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-01-16T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-01-23T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+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/cfd4fc88-2cfb-46a0-9dfb-ec8db8465df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).