---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a kinship care legal aid coordinator."
description: "Establishing a kinship care legal aid coordinator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5651"
citation: "Washington SB 5651 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "CHILDREN", "CIVIL LEGAL AID", "OFFICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa67e2c-f529-495f-9d53-bf75442011e8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5651&year=2019"
source_hash: "d5e172db32ccfe477409233d3d0c3f884dd95b410e85a9a7f4c69df2b4779408"
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 5651 (2019-2020) — Establishing a kinship care legal aid coordinator.

## 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/5651.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-27** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 465, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 6/30/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+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
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+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/6aa67e2c-f529-495f-9d53-bf75442011e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).