---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county and in Yakima county."
description: "Adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county and in Yakima county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5868"
citation: "Washington SB 5868 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wagoner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-10"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9d9356f-107a-4371-a723-ef9499b1037f"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5868&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "1bbc1917fa142769d302e3197ed193f3cbda7a506f5334da09f68040148b8356"
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 5868 (2025-2026) — Adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county and in Yakima county.

## 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/5868.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5868.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wagoner — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-22** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-25** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 226, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** 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/e9d9356f-107a-4371-a723-ef9499b1037f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).