---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding an additional superior court judge in Clark county."
description: "Adding an additional superior court judge in Clark county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5836"
citation: "Washington SB 5836 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Wilson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-12"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fccbb62-4f3f-46ee-878e-e18f462a9aa2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5836&year=2023"
source_hash: "da67537f8e5a7b18242657b3aa5387eca874ae0c5ca43d06a3885c662a79e5c9"
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 5836 (2023-2024) — Adding an additional superior court judge in Clark 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5836.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5836.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Wilson — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-12** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-11** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-11** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-11** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-01** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-01** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Chapter 125, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-15** 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/2fccbb62-4f3f-46ee-878e-e18f462a9aa2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).