BILL · 1995–96 SESSION · LATEST VERSION ESSB 5831

SB 5831: Parking ticket violations

Authorizing impoundment and sale of motor vehicles for failure to pay parking ticket violations.

Summary

Within any city or town, a law enforcement officer, or other public official with jurisdiction, may direct the impoundment of a vehicle upon which 12 or more parking violations issued by the city or town remain unpaid. The city or town ordering the impoundment must provide prior notice to the registered owner that his or her car is subject to impoundment.

From the Substitute Senate Bill Report (SSB 5831), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

IntroducedFeb 8, 1995
Out of committee
Passed SenateMar 14, 1995
Passed Housestopped here
Governor
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Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
Introduced: February 8, 1995 in the Senate
Last action: January 8, 1996
Companion bill: HB 1552
Budget: Has a fiscal note
Versions: SB 5831, ESSB 5831

Votes

Senate · Final Passage

March 14, 1995

Version voted on: ESSB 5831

29 Yea 19 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	23	1	0	1
Republican	6	18	0	0

How each member voted

Yea (29)

Nay (19)

Excused (1)

Calvin Anderson D-43

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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 5831 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5831 (2025–26) Uniform mortgage mod. act · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5831 (2023–24) Vintage snowmobiles · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5831 (2021–22) State & local taxation · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5831 (2019–20) Employer indebtedness/death · Enacted · Chapter 89, Laws of 2019
SB 5831 (2017–18) Concurrently involved girls · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5831 (2015–16) Firearms rights restoration · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5831 (2013–14) Clay target sales & use exem · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5831 (2011–12) Tax expenditures in budget · Did not pass · died in committee

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