---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning child relocation by a person with joint decision-making authority and equal residential time."
description: "Concerning child relocation by a person with joint decision-making authority and equal residential time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5399"
citation: "Washington SB 5399 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5ed1b31-b696-4dcd-86c6-c9cd0cc94380"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5399&year=2019"
source_hash: "4f90cfd27bd6c226f34e5be208d1fe8edb5e67f0619ab84aa3bbf7812f642de8"
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 5399 (2019-2020) — Concerning child relocation by a person with joint decision-making authority and equal residential time.

## 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/5399.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5399-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **63–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-31** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** 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 Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 3. `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 79, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-31T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T14:00:00+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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5ed1b31-b696-4dcd-86c6-c9cd0cc94380`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).