---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing of motor vehicle-related felonies."
description: "Sentencing of motor vehicle-related felonies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5492"
citation: "Washington SB 5492 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billig"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05744d03-07f9-4fc3-a997-257a0c13bbe5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5492&year=2019"
source_hash: "5d1e4f351575013964eea0aed5f5cfb21b855e69ae6c3a4be60e371ea7b34422"
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 5492 (2019-2020) — Sentencing of motor vehicle-related felonies.

## 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/5492.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5492-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **96–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billig — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-14** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** PS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Public Safety.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 191, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-07T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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
- **2019-03-28T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM
- **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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05744d03-07f9-4fc3-a997-257a0c13bbe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).