---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning research in public institutions of higher education."
description: "Concerning research in public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5786"
citation: "Washington SB 5786 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d3e2295-2886-4343-889a-0b118233aa54"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5786&year=2019"
source_hash: "cb1cf9d501c01dc7ca9a01a61d6140bd60d678e784e0777412427fe14747910d"
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 5786 (2019-2020) — Concerning research in public institutions of higher education.

## 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/5786.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** CWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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 88, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development 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/1d3e2295-2886-4343-889a-0b118233aa54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).