---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring domestic violence victims and survivors of victims have the opportunity to make a statement during sentencing for all domestic violence convictions."
description: "Ensuring domestic violence victims and survivors of victims have the opportunity to make a statement during sentencing for all domestic violence convictions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5612"
citation: "Washington SB 5612 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "SENTENCES AND SENTENCING", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c1bf2c0-4632-4deb-9064-ca92852848df"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5612&year=2021"
source_hash: "b1b0ab251a0c6bd90b0d87e10b6ac72e32b219463c6a03c2147dec4afa424723"
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 5612 (2021-2022) — Ensuring domestic violence victims and survivors of victims have the opportunity to make a statement during sentencing for all domestic violence convictions.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5612.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-29T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Public Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** PS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 229, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-18T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2022-01-20T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c1bf2c0-4632-4deb-9064-ca92852848df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).