---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning firefighter safety."
description: "Concerning firefighter safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5175"
citation: "Washington SB 5175 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HAZARDOUS MATERIALS", "FIREFIGHTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/840a24dd-2c6f-4366-b455-de32f5f2869a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5175&year=2019"
source_hash: "eee4938da95f426322c8d788969a1d93aad2a3624cfe15c29f92010d1574dc6e"
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 5175 (2019-2020) — Concerning firefighter safety.

## 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/5175.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5175-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Braun — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-04** LBRC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 76, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-04T18:05:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 01:05 PM
- **2019-03-19T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/840a24dd-2c6f-4366-b455-de32f5f2869a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).