---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning money received by the department of corrections on behalf of inmates from family or other outside sources for the purchase of commissary items."
description: "Concerning money received by the department of corrections on behalf of inmates from family or other outside sources for the purchase of commissary items."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5131"
citation: "Washington SB 5131 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9243335-46dd-4dda-936b-9bbe67d29458"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5131&year=2023"
source_hash: "736e617e0087a51a7c0d3ed6e4a77517ec6d32f25029f8e7233843aeb20a0850"
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 5131 (2023-2024) — Concerning money received by the department of corrections on behalf of inmates from family or other outside sources for the purchase of commissary items.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5131.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5131.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **71–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-01** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 111, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9243335-46dd-4dda-936b-9bbe67d29458`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).