---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the uniform parentage act."
description: "Concerning the uniform parentage act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6037"
citation: "Washington SB 6037 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "CHILDREN", "WOMEN", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-20"
last_action: "2018-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af9946d6-fc2a-4349-acdf-8e57a3c0f1fd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6037&year=2017"
source_hash: "b5c2564c9835fbf5a0bda30e33161afaa0381f7d0cb09c5b4b598644922814be"
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 6037 (2017-2018) — Concerning the uniform parentage 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/6037.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6037-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6037-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#47) — **50–47** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **27–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-25** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** JUDI - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-06** Chapter 6, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-06** Effective date 1/1/2019. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af9946d6-fc2a-4349-acdf-8e57a3c0f1fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).