---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning an employer's payment of indebtedness."
description: "Concerning an employer's payment of indebtedness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5831"
citation: "Washington SB 5831 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WAGES AND HOURS", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf1c6b44-2283-48ab-ac8b-2a30cdc4417d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5831&year=2019"
source_hash: "d9b99b44f67574302a765ac8181ff8217a1308bcbfa77a190ab00a54643338ca"
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 5831 (2019-2020) — Concerning an employer's payment of indebtedness.

## 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/5831.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 89, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards 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/cf1c6b44-2283-48ab-ac8b-2a30cdc4417d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).