---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses in the legal system."
description: "Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses in the legal system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5937"
citation: "Washington SB 5937 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a8b1d7e-00ec-49b9-8762-505ab16d46b0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5937&year=2023"
source_hash: "d7127992070ae000fdee2511bd054f2e86bf9acc1fbd7bf986b6abd267a2e2dd"
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 5937 (2023-2024) — Supporting crime victims and witnesses by promoting victim-centered, trauma-informed responses in the legal system.

## 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/5937.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5937-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5937-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5937-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5937-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-18** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-20** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 297, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** Effective date 7/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a8b1d7e-00ec-49b9-8762-505ab16d46b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).