---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning victims of nonfatal strangulation."
description: "Concerning victims of nonfatal strangulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5183"
citation: "Washington SB 5183 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HOSPITALS", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90a5053c-bd16-46f9-8ad7-d70dcc67320b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5183&year=2021"
source_hash: "8a0ec8fa576e945121ca54009c9007bc5ef504c32e6f3321ef693bc927317e90"
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 5183 (2021-2022) — Concerning victims of nonfatal strangulation.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5183.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5183-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5183-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nobles — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** PS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Public Safety. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 269, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-01-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-09T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2021-02-16T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-11T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-23T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM
- **2021-04-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2021-04-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90a5053c-bd16-46f9-8ad7-d70dcc67320b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).