---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning confidential information of child victims of sexual assault."
description: "Concerning confidential information of child victims of sexual assault."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1505"
citation: "Washington HB 1505 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "CHILDREN", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Klippert"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84bf468e-bdd8-49ff-985f-d18a872b8e8b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1505&year=2019"
source_hash: "f4237911bcd5a5c37b07ce4db8d96653617ffb932a3f36b1db7aa9a684055589"
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 HB 1505 (2019-2020) — Concerning confidential information of child victims of sexual assault.

## 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/House%20Bills/1505.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#21) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Klippert — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 90; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 300, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84bf468e-bdd8-49ff-985f-d18a872b8e8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).