---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the uniform electronic estate planning documents act."
description: "Enacting the uniform electronic estate planning documents act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5787"
citation: "Washington SB 5787 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-04"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37e5a984-c884-486f-b704-52ac2badf061"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5787&year=2023"
source_hash: "e7540abc077ae4b961b0791ff080ed34972e5c0225676eb718f37316a1fc1959"
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 5787 (2023-2024) — Enacting the uniform electronic estate planning documents 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5787.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5787-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5787-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#48) — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-11** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-11** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-12** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-17** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 24). `substitution`
- **2024-01-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 188, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37e5a984-c884-486f-b704-52ac2badf061`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).