---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning Washington's business corporation act."
description: "Concerning Washington's business corporation act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5003"
citation: "Washington SB 5003 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORPORATIONS", "NAMED ACTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c79871-8ac3-48a6-a4d6-e2101774fe95"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5003&year=2019"
source_hash: "a932cd10769c8ee97b2bc3990e5b08e17e26933425ee344497f50252a7a02a4a"
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 5003 (2019-2020) — Concerning Washington's business corporation act.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5003.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5003-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-02-20** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-24** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-02-20** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Chapter 141, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-17T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-13T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary 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/f0c79871-8ac3-48a6-a4d6-e2101774fe95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).