---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the uniform guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements act."
description: "Concerning the uniform guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5604"
citation: "Washington SB 5604 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ESTATES", "TRUSTS", "AND PROBATE", "NAMED ACTS", "GUARDIANSHIP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 63
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3852c3a8-1b67-48a1-a751-19a1bc175c07"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5604&year=2019"
source_hash: "98c031e10f635ceea5e5522a3b3697a6ad8afdf8872c7b280282395042af6fca"
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 5604 (2019-2020) — Concerning the uniform guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5604.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5604-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5604-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **85–10** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **32–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-07** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) to the amendment(s) by Civil Rights & Judiciary.
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-25** House receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-25** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2019-04-25** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 437, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 1/1/2021. `became-law`
- **2019-02-04T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-07T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3852c3a8-1b67-48a1-a751-19a1bc175c07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).