---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the Native American voting rights act of Washington."
description: "Enacting the Native American voting rights act of Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5079"
citation: "Washington SB 5079 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INDIANS", "ELECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCoy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abb8bc30-3b22-4215-875e-d1452b9c7543"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5079&year=2019"
source_hash: "32d3e96be061ee5afbcaf20cf7b0ab1ca1defba217d4d0ede109221ae78f79b3"
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 5079 (2019-2020) — Enacting the Native American voting rights act of Washington.

## 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/5079.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5079-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5079-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#19) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **34–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCoy — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-30** SGTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-30** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-30** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-02-22** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-03-08** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** Chapter 6, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-03-14** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-30T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abb8bc30-3b22-4215-875e-d1452b9c7543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).