---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the court to remove any person serving as a court-appointed special advocate or volunteer guardian ad litem if that person has made a materially false statement under oath."
description: "Requiring the court to remove any person serving as a court-appointed special advocate or volunteer guardian ad litem if that person has made a materially false statement under oath."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1401"
citation: "Washington HB 1401 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GUARDIANSHIP", "JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS", "COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30a58b60-e81d-4bdd-9d69-a5b35527a940"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1401&year=2017"
source_hash: "8547a5386206b419731aee42bcbfded0fd6ae517c09962264003128468e64552"
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 HB 1401 (2017-2018) — Requiring the court to remove any person serving as a court-appointed special advocate or volunteer guardian ad litem if that person has made a materially false statement under oath.

## 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/House%20Bills/1401.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#25) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
- **2017-02-27** Committee recommendations adopted.
- **2017-02-27** Placed on third reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HSMH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Chapter 99, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-21** 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/30a58b60-e81d-4bdd-9d69-a5b35527a940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).