---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the authority of counties to vacate a county road that abuts on a body of water if the county road is hazardous or creates a significant risk to public safety."
description: "Concerning the authority of counties to vacate a county road that abuts on a body of water if the county road is hazardous or creates a significant risk to public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5613"
citation: "Washington SB 5613 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SHORELINES AND SHORELINE MANAGEMENT", "LAKES AND RESERVOIRS", "ROADS AND HIGHWAYS", "RIVERS AND STREAMS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce85dbe6-5e13-483a-9d16-4c3f5fa71625"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5613&year=2019"
source_hash: "e215351b7d01dd29da20559a9fc72dbf1674e89f9f078dab96cc6d40afc4ab82"
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 5613 (2019-2020) — Concerning the authority of counties to vacate a county road that abuts on a body of water if the county road is hazardous or creates a significant risk to 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/5613.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rivers — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** LGOV - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-26** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-21** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** LG - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 300, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:30 AM
- **2019-02-12T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-15T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce85dbe6-5e13-483a-9d16-4c3f5fa71625`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).