---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the traumatic brain injury fee."
description: "Increasing the traumatic brain injury fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5127"
citation: "Washington SB 5127 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "TRAFFIC OFFENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCoy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88e53f04-aca1-40f7-b652-1716ce8f1f1b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5127&year=2019"
source_hash: "0160ee2cb0d11234b6440cd4ed11d36fab16ecde1a1b3631a28d6b60f8b279df"
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 5127 (2019-2020) — Increasing the traumatic brain injury fee.

## 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/5127.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5127-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5127-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCoy — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 181, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-01-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-06T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88e53f04-aca1-40f7-b652-1716ce8f1f1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).