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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating an exemption to hearsay for child sex trafficking victims."
description: "Creating an exemption to hearsay for child sex trafficking victims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5885"
citation: "Washington SB 5885 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CRIMES", "JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS", "LABOR", "SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ea0255b-fb21-474d-8d5f-32df199ca0ba"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5885&year=2019"
source_hash: "f1522b629eec69c7525712ce7ff5360f5431ac94b562ecc81dd34900c9b51438"
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 5885 (2019-2020) — Creating an exemption to hearsay for child sex trafficking victims.
## 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/5885.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5885-S.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage (#10) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Padden — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-11** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-21** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** 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 90, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-18T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice 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
- **2019-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 03:30 PM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ea0255b-fb21-474d-8d5f-32df199ca0ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).