BILL · 1993–94 SESSION
SB 5132: Parents' liability
Increasing parents' liability for the acts of children.
Summary
- Parents of a child who willfully or maliciously destroys property or willfully and maliciously inflicts personal injury on another are liable for damages up to $10,000 to the owner of the property or to the person injured.
From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5132), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 14, 1993
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Phil Talmadge (D-34)
- Introduced
- January 14, 1993 in the Senate
- Last action
- March 11, 1994
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Phil Talmadge (D-34)
3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 5132 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5132 (2025–26) Small claims actions notice
- SB 5132 (2023–24) Assaulting law enf. officers
- SB 5132 (2021–22) Trusts and estates
- SB 5132 (2019–20) Noncollection of taxes
- SB 5132 (2017–18) Liquor enforcement officers
- SB 5132 (2015–16) WA health security trust
- SB 5132 (2013–14) Estimated debt service costs
- SB 5132 (2011–12) Residential habilitation ctr