---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the transportation of individuals released or discharged from the custody of the department of corrections."
description: "Concerning the transportation of individuals released or discharged from the custody of the department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5029"
citation: "Washington SB 5029 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-10"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b8d6d4c-2c5f-4438-94e1-018a54a36029"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5029&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "f226a20a4080484deb463ab8af73c64f39da0230fdfb68614244d5c5ba0655d5"
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 5029 (2025-2026) — Concerning the transportation of individuals released or discharged from the custody of the department of corrections.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5029.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5029-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5029-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5029-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **91–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-22** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-26** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-20** CS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 223, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b8d6d4c-2c5f-4438-94e1-018a54a36029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).