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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning misdemeanor marijuana offense convictions."
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description: "Concerning misdemeanor marijuana offense convictions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "SB 5605"
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citation: "Washington SB 5605 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES", "SENTENCING", "DRUGS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nguyen"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-01-24"
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last_action: "2019-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d3a803a-cdeb-432d-ba4b-1d2ccc15456d"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5605&year=2019"
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source_hash: "f2f9c987914565bd8be5acd58d8dbdcdf98e8a2850d0f9bf0c6a5a93fd746ba3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5605 (2019-2020) — Concerning misdemeanor marijuana offense convictions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5605.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **30–15** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **69–29** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **67–29** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nguyen — primary (person)
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- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
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- Das — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
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- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
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- Randall — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-14** LAW - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-02-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2019-02-15** Referred to Ways & Means.
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- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2019-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2019-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-01** PS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
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- **2019-04-01** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2019-04-03** Referred to Appropriations.
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- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Public Safety.
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- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
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- **2019-04-16** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
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- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-19** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
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- **2019-04-23** House receded from amendments.
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- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended.
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- **2019-04-23** Returned to second reading for amendment.
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- **2019-04-23** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2019-04-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-26** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2019-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 15; absent, 3; excused, 1. `passage`
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- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-13** Chapter 400, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
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- **2019-02-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
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- **2019-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
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- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
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- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d3a803a-cdeb-432d-ba4b-1d2ccc15456d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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