---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning actions for wrongful injury or death."
description: "Concerning actions for wrongful injury or death."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5163"
citation: "Washington SB 5163 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "CIVIL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hasegawa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 51
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e15315c9-dff0-43b9-aa31-a640dcb3fe24"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5163&year=2019"
source_hash: "f232602bda765bd94c5a4a6632d33b098f4544524e67e09c4627d1ded06e2bd4"
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 5163 (2019-2020) — Concerning actions for wrongful injury or death.

## 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/5163.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5163-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#13) — **61–37** (pass) · lower
- 511 Stokesbary Pg 2 Ln 1 (#12) — **48–50** (fail) · lower
- 151 Braun Pg 2 Ln 9 (#12) — **20–27** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **30–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hasegawa — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-24** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-25** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** 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, 61; nays, 37; 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 159, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T15:00:00+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
- **2019-02-06T20:30:00+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
- **2019-03-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations 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/e15315c9-dff0-43b9-aa31-a640dcb3fe24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).