---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status."
description: "Concerning discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5165"
citation: "Washington SB 5165 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3113c8ae-3c79-4f86-acb4-b05655eef9b3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5165&year=2019"
source_hash: "cbeeb7a73a030cca91c415216f7a7c1f55d46963b2ffbb8bb7a1864ce93b1f09"
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 5165 (2019-2020) — Concerning discrimination based on citizenship or immigration status.

## 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/5165.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5165.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **26–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **57–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-13** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 26; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-21** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 52, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary 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/3113c8ae-3c79-4f86-acb4-b05655eef9b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).