---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reclassifying the sentence for the crime of custodial sexual misconduct."
description: "Reclassifying the sentence for the crime of custodial sexual misconduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5033"
citation: "Washington SB 5033 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-08"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc83eab8-1dd1-4afa-bf76-d510a6be2072"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5033&year=2023"
source_hash: "97994d0f649e7a9e7501c47ad6b25f25b9672da3b06d597142b95ea64da193bd"
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 5033 (2023-2024) — Reclassifying the sentence for the crime of custodial sexual misconduct.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5033.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5033-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5033-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padden — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-16** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-30** Chapter 7, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-03-30** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc83eab8-1dd1-4afa-bf76-d510a6be2072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).