---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning legal support for kinship caregivers."
description: "Concerning legal support for kinship caregivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 6453"
citation: "Washington SB 6453 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC DEFENSE", "OFFICE", "CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "CIVIL LEGAL AID", "OFFICE", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6530a2a6-3fbc-4e1a-82ae-1a75b20e0e17"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6453&year=2017"
source_hash: "82f446a3da0a490a9367f87d4da35ffd976075128a019536f4a5e81f1507662d"
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 6453 (2017-2018) — Concerning legal support for kinship caregivers.

## 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/6453.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6453-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6453-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-30** HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-06** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** 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 Appropriations.
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 80, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6530a2a6-3fbc-4e1a-82ae-1a75b20e0e17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).