---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning public defense services for persons committed as not guilty by reason of insanity."
description: "Concerning public defense services for persons committed as not guilty by reason of insanity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5415"
citation: "Washington SB 5415 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trudeau"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9134cefd-16c0-44be-b073-2709230e3948"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5415&year=2023"
source_hash: "4065c8abd09c40c0bd144a2677a30f8be83e28b292e1134b5d4a1a8e3ad5a2f6"
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 5415 (2023-2024) — Concerning public defense services for persons committed as not guilty by reason of insanity.

## 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/5415.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5415-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5415-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trudeau — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** 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`
- **2023-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** 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; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Law & Justice. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** 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 action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** 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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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`
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 120, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 4/20/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9134cefd-16c0-44be-b073-2709230e3948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).