---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing coroners with additional subpoena duces tecum authority."
description: "Providing coroners with additional subpoena duces tecum authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5300"
citation: "Washington SB 5300 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4158bd2c-3ec9-4f67-ba34-eb89ed99a9a0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5300&year=2019"
source_hash: "f75c1e158504dfcbb01f9bd85efe358fb9c70274eb6285bb520cd6a28dbd4b35"
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 5300 (2019-2020) — Providing coroners with additional subpoena duces tecum authority.

## 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/5300.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padden — primary (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-08** 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, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 237, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-31T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-07T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4158bd2c-3ec9-4f67-ba34-eb89ed99a9a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).