---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating the use of the valid court order exception to place youth in detention for noncriminal behavior."
description: "Eliminating the use of the valid court order exception to place youth in detention for noncriminal behavior."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5290"
citation: "Washington SB 5290 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ORDERS OF COURT", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "CHILDREN", "JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darneille"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 63
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed843bef-86d7-430f-90ea-7ff39c1d7b05"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5290&year=2019"
source_hash: "28a0e53fed9ed272143f8f7533e8c657689480d8bd69f2abd6b38937b6782a2f"
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 5290 (2019-2020) — Eliminating the use of the valid court order exception to place youth in detention for noncriminal behavior.

## 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/5290.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5290-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5290-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5290-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
- 517 Klippert Pg 18 Ln 25 (#27) — **41–55** (fail) · lower
- 515 Klippert Pg 19 Ln 1 (#28) — **39–57** (fail) · lower
- 927 Dent Pg 5 Ln 1 (#22) — **42–54** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Concur in House amendment(s) (#22) — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- 516 Klippert Pg 3 Ln 40 (#26) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Concur in House amendment(s) (#2) — **24–25** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#29) — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- 505 Walsh Pg 1 Ln 3 (#25) — **44–52** (fail) · lower
- 926 McCaslin Pg 28 Ln 4 (#23) — **41–56** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darneille — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-29** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-01-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-14** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** HSEL - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 52; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-26** House insists on its position and asks Senate to concur.
- **2019-04-27** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-27** House receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-27** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2019-04-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-28** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-28** Passed final passage; yeas, 25; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 312, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/1/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-13T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning 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/ed843bef-86d7-430f-90ea-7ff39c1d7b05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).