---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adjusting the statute of limitations for sexual assault."
description: "Adjusting the statute of limitations for sexual assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5649"
citation: "Washington SB 5649 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82b0a883-7b49-44ec-abbc-ca18ee428644"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5649&year=2019"
source_hash: "acdb6f38be5451e270843b62b31cf225b40b9620f5d15082ac968667fdf7ee11"
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 5649 (2019-2020) — Adjusting the statute of limitations for sexual assault.

## 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/5649.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-15** 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `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 87, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** 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
- **2019-03-19T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82b0a883-7b49-44ec-abbc-ca18ee428644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).