---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning reentry council."
description: "Concerning reentry council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5139"
citation: "Washington SB 5139 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c037a33-c229-4583-942d-f437a2949364"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5139&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "cc81e02724d5dab17d9cb3ae1ec964409374af5eed816814729bc4a845ed9dcf"
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 5139 (2025-2026) — Concerning reentry council.

## 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/5139.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5139-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5139-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **58–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-01-29** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-29** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-26** CS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Chapter 196, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** 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/2c037a33-c229-4583-942d-f437a2949364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).