---
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: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5805"
citation: "Washington SB 5805 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f72ccc7-087e-445f-b998-b93ed4c75249"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5805&year=2023"
source_hash: "f8d2865324fbf3c87c7a7afaa60d0187bacfe3f2e4ff30bf6ec8471bf19aa137"
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 5805 (2023-2024) — 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5805.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5805.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#46) — **58–36** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#39) — **62–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-18** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Notice given to reconsider vote on third reading.
- **2024-02-27** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2024-02-27** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 25, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f72ccc7-087e-445f-b998-b93ed4c75249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).