---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the sharing of information between participants in multidisciplinary coordination of child sexual abuse investigations."
description: "Concerning the sharing of information between participants in multidisciplinary coordination of child sexual abuse investigations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5461"
citation: "Washington SB 5461 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "CRIMES", "CHILDREN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc9cda9c-82b4-48c7-9bae-14ec09ab1946"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5461&year=2019"
source_hash: "54a582b2fc87fd83d5e07296ee6929d7b303095fc3500ef7d715c1b64619cd96"
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 5461 (2019-2020) — Concerning the sharing of information between participants in multidisciplinary coordination of child sexual abuse investigations.

## 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/5461.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5461-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — 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`
- **2019-02-07** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 82, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-07T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc9cda9c-82b4-48c7-9bae-14ec09ab1946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).