---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements."
description: "Concerning guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5837"
citation: "Washington SB 5837 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-05"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/381f1b2a-69b1-4e93-8987-26d4afa0fd6f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5837&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "40132ff370ed6f6f1981be9780ceddf13d135732aabfa0c410bf5b4165c14019"
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 5837 (2025-2026) — Concerning guardianship, conservatorship, and other protective arrangements.

## 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/5837.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5837-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5837-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5837-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **73–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-22** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-22** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 177, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/381f1b2a-69b1-4e93-8987-26d4afa0fd6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).