---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopting the revised uniform law on notarial acts."
description: "Adopting the revised uniform law on notarial acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5081"
citation: "Washington SB 5081 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "PROFESSIONS", "NOTARIES PUBLIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/608bccc3-a88e-455d-a275-057707862788"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5081&year=2017"
source_hash: "83da5e80242922c52af587f7ff78c7bbfdd8a765ec9fca5c4b03a354013b8f67"
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 5081 (2017-2018) — Adopting the revised uniform law on notarial acts.

## 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/5081.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5081-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Miloscia — 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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-23** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-23** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** JUDI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-21** 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`
- **2017-04-13** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2017-04-18** House receded from amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Rules suspended.
- **2017-04-18** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2017-04-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** 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 281, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-10** Effective date 7/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/608bccc3-a88e-455d-a275-057707862788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).