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type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing certain records, documents, proceedings, and published laws of federally recognized Indian tribes to be admitted as evidence in courts of Washington state."
description: "Allowing certain records, documents, proceedings, and published laws of federally recognized Indian tribes to be admitted as evidence in courts of Washington state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5083"
citation: "Washington SB 5083 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INDIANS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CIVIL PROCEDURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCoy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1eba49f-a363-4dc4-a727-6e56eb088ba5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5083&year=2019"
source_hash: "842cd59625af639ed6ee55734b200fb8132a2a7f3b62997abc524d585fcadc50"
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 5083 (2019-2020) — Allowing certain records, documents, proceedings, and published laws of federally recognized Indian tribes to be admitted as evidence in courts of Washington state.
## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5083.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage (#4) — **930** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **450** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- McCoy — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **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`
- **2019-03-15** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on third reading.
- **2019-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 39, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-22T15:00:00+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
- **2019-03-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T14:00:00+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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1eba49f-a363-4dc4-a727-6e56eb088ba5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).