---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Washington state LGBTQ commission."
description: "Establishing the Washington state LGBTQ commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5356"
citation: "Washington SB 5356 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES", "GENDER IDENTITY", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "GOVERNOR", "SEXUAL ORIENTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, C."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efe8fd36-67f8-43c2-ad57-b3307958f4c6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5356&year=2019"
source_hash: "9ef6f16c6d031dab157aa1d30341e19d85d0c45fa330bf41668423663005e2f3"
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 5356 (2019-2020) — Establishing the Washington state LGBTQ commission.

## 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/5356.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5356-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5356-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5356-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **67–28** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **30–16** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **34–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson, C. — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-03-01** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-03-01** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** SGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-01** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 395, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-01T17:20:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:20 PM
- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations 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
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efe8fd36-67f8-43c2-ad57-b3307958f4c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).