---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning certain procedures upon initial detention under the involuntary treatment act."
description: "Concerning certain procedures upon initial detention under the involuntary treatment act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5181"
citation: "Washington SB 5181 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREARMS", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84740a70-b0e4-4c6c-bbe9-d736fd50ff1d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5181&year=2019"
source_hash: "388f56914898cc5f7ade7d5a705cb272d00f254f43bec4646ff05fdfea5f9621"
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 5181 (2019-2020) — Concerning certain procedures upon initial detention under the involuntary treatment act.

## 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/5181.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5181-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **26–21** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **55–40** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **26–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — 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`
- **2019-01-31** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-01** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** 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`
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** 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, 26; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 26; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 247, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-31T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary 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
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+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/84740a70-b0e4-4c6c-bbe9-d736fd50ff1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).