---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning notification of felony voting rights and restoration."
description: "Concerning notification of felony voting rights and restoration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5207"
citation: "Washington SB 5207 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a113cddb-4224-4b01-8acb-048b27c34ca9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5207&year=2019"
source_hash: "643f0bfcdcfc00fa693ae0e85135295ee5c928e7fec1ad1610793793cff5ada7"
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 5207 (2019-2020) — Concerning notification of felony voting rights and restoration.

## 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/5207.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#9) — **76–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 43, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **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
- **2019-02-01T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations 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/a113cddb-4224-4b01-8acb-048b27c34ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).