---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning residential tenant protections."
description: "Concerning residential tenant protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5600"
citation: "Washington SB 5600 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LANDLORD AND TENANT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4e53640-0f0c-41a3-b7af-8bcdebb10577"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5600&year=2019"
source_hash: "944ba2e14b04105e731263c0440ca421161725a7f9a5d17d436ff3a3dd5b4a0a"
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 5600 (2019-2020) — Concerning residential tenant protections.

## 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/5600.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5600-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5600-S.htm)

## Votes

- 571 Barkis Pg 2 Ln 11 (#14) — **46–51** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **31–15** (pass) · upper
- 655 Vick Pg 2 Ln 12 (#15) — **45–52** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- 572 Barkis Pg 28 Ln 25 (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **51–46** (pass) · lower
- 593 Dufault Pg 3 Ln 17 (#16) — **41–56** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — 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.

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Housing Stability & Affordability. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** HSA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-18** HSA - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 46; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 356, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing Stability & Affordability 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
- **2019-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4e53640-0f0c-41a3-b7af-8bcdebb10577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).