---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning victims of nonfatal strangulation."
description: "Concerning victims of nonfatal strangulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5070"
citation: "Washington SB 5070 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7fef290-a895-4eca-88b2-7a7eff3f1a54"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5070&year=2023"
source_hash: "b9d834de304afda83fc8a7065b4821adbfd5d8429497fc60bf884f136b22f267"
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 5070 (2023-2024) — Concerning victims of nonfatal strangulation.

## 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/5070.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5070.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nobles — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **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 Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-30** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 108, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 6/30/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7fef290-a895-4eca-88b2-7a7eff3f1a54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).