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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the uniform parentage act."
+description: "Concerning the uniform parentage act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 6037"
+citation: "Washington SB 6037 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "CHILDREN", "WOMEN", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-12-20"
+last_action: "2018-03-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af9946d6-fc2a-4349-acdf-8e57a3c0f1fd"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6037&year=2017"
+source_hash: "b5c2564c9835fbf5a0bda30e33161afaa0381f7d0cb09c5b4b598644922814be"
+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 6037 (2017-2018) — Concerning the uniform parentage act.
+
+## 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/6037.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6037-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6037-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#47) — **50–47** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pedersen — primary (person)
+- Billig — cosponsor (person)
+- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Chase — cosponsor (person)
+- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
+- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
+- Fain — cosponsor (person)
+- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Keiser — 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)
+- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
+- Takko — cosponsor (person)
+- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
+- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-25** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-01-25** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-25** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-01-25** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-28** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-02-28** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-06** Chapter 6, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-06** Effective date 1/1/2019. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af9946d6-fc2a-4349-acdf-8e57a3c0f1fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+