---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the jurisdictional amount for small claims courts."
description: "Increasing the jurisdictional amount for small claims courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5621"
citation: "Washington SB 5621 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbaefeac-7325-4123-ab30-fc2df2b49975"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5621&year=2019"
source_hash: "17162796431e8fcc8ddb52c049ab55442f5656f6a9a41fe3478b99f35d68d54e"
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 5621 (2019-2020) — Increasing the jurisdictional amount for small claims courts.

## 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/5621.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5621-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#19) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-14** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** 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, 95; nays, 0; 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 86, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+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/bbaefeac-7325-4123-ab30-fc2df2b49975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).