---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising the process for individuals to request name changes."
description: "Revising the process for individuals to request name changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5028"
citation: "Washington SB 5028 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-07"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49d7d55a-73b7-4694-a58e-79dd067dcabc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5028&year=2023"
source_hash: "0325ca4e897e3bd8bcc792fc06ae9b89e320712e039d8cebb6ab1e8ddd65cf0f"
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 5028 (2023-2024) — Revising the process for individuals to request name changes.

## 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/5028.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5028-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5028-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **45–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-19** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-19** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-17** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 34, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49d7d55a-73b7-4694-a58e-79dd067dcabc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).