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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying or terminating a guardianship when a less restrictive alternative is available to provide for the needs of an incapacitated person."
+description: "Modifying or terminating a guardianship when a less restrictive alternative is available to provide for the needs of an incapacitated person."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 5691"
+citation: "Washington SB 5691 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["VULNERABLE ADULTS", "ESTATES", "TRUSTS", "AND PROBATE", "GUARDIANSHIP"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-02"
+last_action: "2017-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d32b623-86ab-4d6d-9a7a-99954a331874"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5691&year=2017"
+source_hash: "1aef59a0492fdca08c68a351206f329f49ca8da13010421aaa7b2c810dc035fd"
+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 5691 (2017-2018) — Modifying or terminating a guardianship when a less restrictive alternative is available to provide for the needs of an incapacitated person.
+
+## 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/5691.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bailey — primary (person)
+- Becker — cosponsor (person)
+- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
+- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-02** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-16** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-10** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-10** Chapter 271, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-05-10** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d32b623-86ab-4d6d-9a7a-99954a331874`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+