---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning victim notification."
description: "Concerning victim notification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5081"
citation: "Washington SB 5081 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-21"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11cd0b95-50fd-402c-8f6d-4887b91b0987"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5081&year=2023"
source_hash: "14b3cf7b18fc522ac4874f22bb9e08613ed6c5702d0fd9cbb9046f63f2647e73"
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 5081 (2023-2024) — Concerning victim notification.

## 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/5081.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5081-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5081-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nobles — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-21** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-17** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-01-25** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** 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 session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** CSJR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 391, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** 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/11cd0b95-50fd-402c-8f6d-4887b91b0987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).