---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the uniform voidable transactions act."
description: "Enacting the uniform voidable transactions act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5085"
citation: "Washington SB 5085 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ESTATES", "TRUSTS", "AND PROBATE", "BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS", "NAMED ACTS", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "BUSINESSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8032a9a-080c-47a7-8b2b-6f5ee4b2d37c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5085&year=2017"
source_hash: "a5e2eabe07ddb4a84b9234d528f771ea9b12cd90b2fcb60dc7f2237bbc8c927d"
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 5085 (2017-2018) — Enacting the uniform voidable transactions 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/5085.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#8) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Chapter 57, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-19** 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/b8032a9a-080c-47a7-8b2b-6f5ee4b2d37c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).