---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing safety on roadways for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other roadway users."
description: "Increasing safety on roadways for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other roadway users."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5723"
citation: "Washington SB 5723 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "BICYCLES", "TRAFFIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b210e59c-80bb-4f63-a1c7-b2650f8b6d4e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5723&year=2019"
source_hash: "8a095bf9ba790ae98db4ac27110c2e7f7dfc9482c6a7334f720b05237861cee9"
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 5723 (2019-2020) — Increasing safety on roadways for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other roadway users.

## 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/5723.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5723-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **70–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randall — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-27** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **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 Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 1; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 403, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b210e59c-80bb-4f63-a1c7-b2650f8b6d4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).