---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making changes related to the uniform parentage act for access to court records, compliance with regulations of the food and drug administration, enacting a repealed section of chapter 26.26 RCW, and correcting citations and terminology."
description: "Making changes related to the uniform parentage act for access to court records, compliance with regulations of the food and drug administration, enacting a repealed section of chapter 26.26 RCW, and correcting citations and terminology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5333"
citation: "Washington SB 5333 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "NAMED ACTS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7e75f2-d1fb-4f2b-aa53-496956bbbcb6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5333&year=2019"
source_hash: "5e2c40e8c942f073f2aeb379d4064e41a666d974565b6d31fb7d58f133e27cc5"
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 5333 (2019-2020) — Making changes related to the uniform parentage act for access to court records, compliance with regulations of the food and drug administration, enacting a repealed section of chapter 26.26 RCW, and correcting citations and terminology.

## 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/5333.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5333-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **33–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **65–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-24** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on third reading.
- **2019-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 46, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-24T15:00:00+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/dd7e75f2-d1fb-4f2b-aa53-496956bbbcb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).