---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning jury diversity."
description: "Concerning jury diversity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5128"
citation: "Washington SB 5128 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trudeau"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b198ef9-12b9-41ee-9129-978b69571ad4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5128&year=2023"
source_hash: "5592b28eced3262698a7bacd9d60da30c42031561be1306d168145cceefc3630"
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 5128 (2023-2024) — Concerning jury diversity.

## 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/5128.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5128-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5128-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5128-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **34–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trudeau — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-12** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-12** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-12** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-12** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-13** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Civil Rights & Judiciary. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 34; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 316, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/9b198ef9-12b9-41ee-9129-978b69571ad4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).