---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing contractor bonding requirements."
description: "Increasing contractor bonding requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5795"
citation: "Washington SB 5795 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTRACTORS", "CONSUMER PROTECTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zeiger"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4132f158-5703-4650-ab5a-3b61a2b2abfa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5795&year=2019"
source_hash: "0df5587db3e94d2c3208e7957152d77862b9536616552353eba67f93a67540f9"
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 5795 (2019-2020) — Increasing contractor bonding requirements.

## 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/5795.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#27) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zeiger — primary (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** 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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `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 155, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-21T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4132f158-5703-4650-ab5a-3b61a2b2abfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).