Allowing certain records, documents, proceedings, and published laws of federally recognized Indian tribes to be admitted as evidence in courts of Washington state.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
Apr 2019
Introduced Jan 4, 2019
Signed Apr 17, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 20, 2019 · House Apr 4, 2019
How they voted
40–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 44
Feb 20, 2019
D
Democratic27
85% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Apr 17, 2019
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Upper · Passed
Speaker signed.
upper
Apr 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Apr 4, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (90-0-5)
house
Mar 19, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
upper
Mar 15, 2019
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
lower
Mar 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
CRJ - Majority; do pass.
upper
Mar 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0-4)
senate
Jan 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
LAW - Majority; do pass.
upper
Jan 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JM
John McCoy
DDemocratic
Co
Bob Hasegawa
DDemocratic
Co
RS
Rebecca Saldaña
DDemocratic
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