---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising the authority of commissioners of courts of limited jurisdiction."
description: "Revising the authority of commissioners of courts of limited jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5622"
citation: "Washington SB 5622 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARRIAGE AND MARRIED PERSONS", "COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randall"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818d941e-859e-40b2-bcd8-f82375eebd7e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5622&year=2019"
source_hash: "18eb4713a09ad7d2557ce23ee934af9353cf8d50b8fe976e521faf95a31482a9"
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 5622 (2019-2020) — Revising the authority of commissioners of courts of limited jurisdiction.

## 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/5622.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#15) — **64–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randall — primary (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on third reading.
- **2019-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 52, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-07T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818d941e-859e-40b2-bcd8-f82375eebd7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).