---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restricting the use of social security numbers by insurance companies for the purpose of determining child support debt."
description: "Restricting the use of social security numbers by insurance companies for the purpose of determining child support debt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5842"
citation: "Washington SB 5842 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e4cf28e-2c99-48de-9585-5ff11e0e91e8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5842&year=2023"
source_hash: "64756beaacc171a2716c64c4472ec503182f60fced281c018bfccf09eabd5f98"
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 5842 (2023-2024) — Restricting the use of social security numbers by insurance companies for the purpose of determining child support debt.

## 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/5842.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5842.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Financial Services, Gaming & Trade at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-16** BFGT - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** 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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Chapter 126, 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/7e4cf28e-2c99-48de-9585-5ff11e0e91e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).