---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning disqualification of judges."
description: "Concerning disqualification of judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5277"
citation: "Washington SB 5277 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a139e934-3a52-42c5-8138-659b19296a60"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5277&year=2017"
source_hash: "037a3435f6f3a72745ebba44c4f81458f6b22c35fce15d5cd882adc02e6e7ed1"
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 5277 (2017-2018) — Concerning disqualification of judges.

## 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/5277.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5277-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#23) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padden — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Chapter 42, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-17** 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/a139e934-3a52-42c5-8138-659b19296a60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).