---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing postsecondary education opportunities to enhance public safety."
description: "Providing postsecondary education opportunities to enhance public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5433"
citation: "Washington SB 5433 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, C."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e0f1efb-f61d-4591-ab7c-c19a35b06026"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5433&year=2019"
source_hash: "d501f159086cda0fddee2698a258a84c5b7d6e754d8f0017a7ccec2bc7b6b6a9"
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 5433 (2019-2020) — Providing postsecondary education opportunities to enhance public safety.

## 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/5433.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5433-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5433-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **32–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **36–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **67–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson, C. — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-27** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-27** 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`
- **2019-01-29** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-27** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-27** 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`
- **2019-02-27** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-27** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 11; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** CWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 10; absent, 1; excused, 6. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 397, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-14T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-28T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development 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/8e0f1efb-f61d-4591-ab7c-c19a35b06026`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).