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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing tax relief to females by exempting feminine hygiene products from retail sales and use tax."
description: "Providing tax relief to females by exempting feminine hygiene products from retail sales and use tax."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5147"
citation: "Washington SB 5147 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAX PREFERENCES - EXEMPTIONS", "CREDITS", "DEDUCTIONS", "DEFERRALS", "ETC.", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson, L."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/717da7f1-ded3-4cf3-a246-880ba0bdf7cc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5147&year=2019"
source_hash: "a008acb55cd00b0cea81f68a05d99bfb9f24cb19db52ba55a5aa0d9599645243"
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 5147 (2019-2020) — Providing tax relief to females by exempting feminine hygiene products from retail sales and use tax.
## 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/5147.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5147-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5147-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wilson, L. — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-21** HLTC - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2019-01-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-03** Chapter 350, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-03** Effective date 7/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-27T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/717da7f1-ded3-4cf3-a246-880ba0bdf7cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).