---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings."
description: "Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5761"
citation: "Washington SB 5761 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-17"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aacfda71-1a95-4793-8969-79976e4d7144"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5761&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "eb462855a2d9ceb0e2ff24793dfe6f83138369d4fc951f4b68b627732a0fdd9d"
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 5761 (2025-2026) — Developing a schedule for court appointment of attorneys for children and youth in dependency and termination proceedings.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5761.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5761.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **87–9** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 413, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aacfda71-1a95-4793-8969-79976e4d7144`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).