---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning vital statistics."
description: "Concerning vital statistics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5332"
citation: "Washington SB 5332 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARRIAGE AND MARRIED PERSONS", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "REGISTRAR", "STATE", "CHILDREN", "DEATH", "HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c73a82b9-bf7c-4c1d-94fa-4c31a5259437"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5332&year=2019"
source_hash: "325b677b9ee340906beada4d34df7d11fc8f1226b7d29c9a8ff87cf8c055f08f"
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 5332 (2019-2020) — Concerning vital statistics.

## 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/5332.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5332-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5332-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#34) — **79–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **33–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — 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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Chapter 148, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** 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
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+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/c73a82b9-bf7c-4c1d-94fa-4c31a5259437`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).