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| Bill |
Concerning Washington's business corporation act. |
Concerning Washington's business corporation act. |
us/states/wa |
Washington Legislature |
2019-2020 |
SB 5003 |
Washington SB 5003 (2019-2020) |
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enacted |
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2 |
28 |
2 |
2018-12-03 |
2019-04-26 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/f0c79871-8ac3-48a6-a4d6-e2101774fe95 |
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5003&year=2019 |
a932cd10769c8ee97b2bc3990e5b08e17e26933425ee344497f50252a7a02a4a |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
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Washington SB 5003 (2019-2020) — Concerning Washington's business corporation act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Final Passage (#15) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 45–0 (pass) · upper
- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-12-03 Prefiled for introduction.
filing
- 2019-01-14 First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1
- 2019-01-24 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-01-25 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-02-19 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- 2019-02-20 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-01-24 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-01-25 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-02-19 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- 2019-02-20 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-02-20 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-02-20 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
- 2019-02-21 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1
- 2019-03-22 CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-03-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- 2019-04-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- 2019-04-15 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-04-15 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
- 2019-04-16 President signed.
passage
- 2019-04-18 Speaker signed.
passage
- 2019-04-22 Delivered to Governor.
- 2019-04-26 Governor signed.
executive-signature
- 2019-04-26 Chapter 141, 2019 Laws.
became-law
- 2019-04-26 Effective date 7/28/2019.
became-law
- 2019-01-17T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- 2019-01-24T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- 2019-03-13T12:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- 2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0c79871-8ac3-48a6-a4d6-e2101774fe95. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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