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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Granting relatives, including but not limited to grandparents, the right to seek visitation with a child through the courts."
+description: "Granting relatives, including but not limited to grandparents, the right to seek visitation with a child through the courts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 5598"
+citation: "Washington SB 5598 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ORDERS OF COURT", "CHILDREN", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-01-31"
+last_action: "2018-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de5d56ec-a41c-4c30-b527-7784cd142df0"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5598&year=2017"
+source_hash: "146faaf29471095fd1a9cdcaf054b76ab31b28938749690252e9b2110c9ea8ed"
+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 5598 (2017-2018) — Granting relatives, including but not limited to grandparents, the right to seek visitation with a child through the courts.
+
+## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5598.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#19) — **56–42** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **44–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pedersen — primary (person)
+- Angel — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
+- Becker — cosponsor (person)
+- Billig — cosponsor (person)
+- Braun — cosponsor (person)
+- Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Chase — cosponsor (person)
+- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
+- Fain — cosponsor (person)
+- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
+- Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
+- King — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
+- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
+- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
+- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
+- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
+- Rossi — cosponsor (person)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
+- Takko — cosponsor (person)
+- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
+- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
+- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-31** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2018-01-18** LAW - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-01-18** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-01-29** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-23** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Judiciary.
+- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-03-02** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
+- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-02** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
+- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-22** Chapter 183, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de5d56ec-a41c-4c30-b527-7784cd142df0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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