type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
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Increasing the jurisdictional amount for small claims courts. |
Increasing the jurisdictional amount for small claims courts. |
us/states/wa |
Washington Legislature |
2019-2020 |
SB 5621 |
Washington SB 5621 (2019-2020) |
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enacted |
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2 |
32 |
2 |
2019-01-25 |
2019-04-19 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/bbaefeac-7325-4123-ab30-fc2df2b49975 |
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5621&year=2019 |
17162796431e8fcc8ddb52c049ab55442f5656f6a9a41fe3478b99f35d68d54e |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
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Washington SB 5621 (2019-2020) — Increasing the jurisdictional amount for small claims courts.
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
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — 39–9 (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#19) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- Warnick — primary (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-25 First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1
- 2019-02-14 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-02-14 Minority; do not pass.
- 2019-02-14 Minority; without recommendation.
- 2019-02-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-02-25 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- 2019-03-04 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-02-14 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-02-14 Minority; do not pass.
- 2019-02-14 Minority; without recommendation.
- 2019-02-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-02-25 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- 2019-03-04 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
- 2019-03-06 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1
- 2019-03-26 CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-03-26 Minority; do not pass.
- 2019-03-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- 2019-04-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- 2019-04-10 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-04-10 Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
- 2019-04-12 President signed.
passage
- 2019-04-15 Speaker signed.
passage
- 2019-04-16 Delivered to Governor.
- 2019-04-19 Governor signed.
executive-signature
- 2019-04-19 Chapter 86, 2019 Laws.
became-law
- 2019-04-19 Effective date 7/28/2019.
became-law
- 2019-02-05T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- 2019-02-14T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- 2019-03-19T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- 2019-03-26T14:00:00+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/bbaefeac-7325-4123-ab30-fc2df2b49975. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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