---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sentencing for persistent offenders."
description: "Sentencing for persistent offenders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5288"
citation: "Washington SB 5288 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "SENTENCING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darneille"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95178e1-f632-49c1-a728-be6c82829ab8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5288&year=2019"
source_hash: "69ea5588acedde393c4eeaf37a61f4059540bb221ff6ed433babcb1808a9b50f"
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 5288 (2019-2020) — Sentencing for persistent offenders.

## 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/5288.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5288-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5288-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#23) — **53–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darneille — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-21** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** PS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 187, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety 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/b95178e1-f632-49c1-a728-be6c82829ab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).