---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopting the 2018 uniform law commission amendments to the uniform law on notarial acts."
description: "Adopting the 2018 uniform law commission amendments to the uniform law on notarial acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5641"
citation: "Washington SB 5641 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS", "NOTARIES PUBLIC", "NAMED ACTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14fc4c63-eb30-4b00-b9c0-ce1baaa947d1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5641&year=2019"
source_hash: "7d605fd1f6337c35c5468eee298ec97fdb967791c1042f14bc6852c3b93b9ca5"
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 5641 (2019-2020) — Adopting the 2018 uniform law commission amendments to the uniform law on notarial acts.

## 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/5641.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#39) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holy — primary (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — 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.
- **2019-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Chapter 154, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 10/1/2020. `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
- **2019-03-13T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 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/14fc4c63-eb30-4b00-b9c0-ce1baaa947d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).