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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the uniform unregulated child custody transfer act."
+description: "Concerning the uniform unregulated child custody transfer act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "SB 5548"
+citation: "Washington SB 5548 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN", "CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "NAMED ACTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-12-16T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/441cf6c1-2ba9-481b-ab1d-b76eee941255"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5548&year=2021"
+source_hash: "071362ec40ba534ab7f49c559d42bbb6f973e6c7fd831f3095250af364c7bc21"
+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 5548 (2021-2022) — Concerning the uniform unregulated child custody transfer 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5548.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5548-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pedersen — primary (person)
+- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
+- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
+- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
+- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 22). `substitution`
+- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
+- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
+- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
+- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 88, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
+- **2022-01-13T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
+- **2022-01-20T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM
+- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
+- **2022-02-23T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/441cf6c1-2ba9-481b-ab1d-b76eee941255`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+