---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying personal belonging disposal for impounded vehicles."
description: "Clarifying personal belonging disposal for impounded vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5652"
citation: "Washington SB 5652 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PERSONAL PROPERTY", "LIENS", "TOWING AND TOW TRUCKS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fortunato"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c44f0b-fe70-4a5a-a592-451d666fdd3b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5652&year=2019"
source_hash: "e455d134e27ea87be15c7d10e17f79f4c19300ff03d222fb17f0c7b43a40c0da"
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 5652 (2019-2020) — Clarifying personal belonging disposal for impounded vehicles.

## 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/5652.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5652-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **41–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **41–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fortunato — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-27** TRAN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Transportation. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** TR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 41; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 401, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-07T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Transportation 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/d8c44f0b-fe70-4a5a-a592-451d666fdd3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).