---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting guardianships and voluntary placement with nonrelative kin."
description: "Supporting guardianships and voluntary placement with nonrelative kin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5124"
citation: "Washington SB 5124 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trudeau"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fd59fbd-30da-492e-baf1-657d68e9671e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5124&year=2023"
source_hash: "acae1896ccbac3cd2ab08fdfc46611237f541eb9899e19555e17449862cafda6"
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 5124 (2023-2024) — Supporting guardianships and voluntary placement with nonrelative kin.

## 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/5124.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5124-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5124-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5124-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Trudeau — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-22** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** HSEL - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2023-04-06** Placed on second reading suspension calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 221, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** 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/1fd59fbd-30da-492e-baf1-657d68e9671e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).