---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the wrongly convicted persons act."
description: "Concerning the wrongly convicted persons act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5520"
citation: "Washington SB 5520 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73601814-05c5-4c61-9516-fa82232baf3f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5520&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "f3eb11c1154ffdfc2884c7dce7b913e8cef4ad8865e2adef697628d86eaba9fc"
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 5520 (2025-2026) — Concerning the wrongly convicted persons act.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5520.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5520-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5520-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **72–23** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **31–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-29** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 224, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73601814-05c5-4c61-9516-fa82232baf3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).