---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the disposition of unenforceable legal financial obligations other than restitution imposed by a court or an agent of the court against a juvenile prior to July 1, 2023."
description: "Concerning the disposition of unenforceable legal financial obligations other than restitution imposed by a court or an agent of the court against a juvenile prior to July 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5974"
citation: "Washington SB 5974 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eabb6b6-a8fc-4f63-8783-9e57317ed427"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5974&year=2023"
source_hash: "af11c0270e0d7aec7d83e32370a1eca5c93b67740759227a4da87ab1f8b80b58"
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 5974 (2023-2024) — Concerning the disposition of unenforceable legal financial obligations other than restitution imposed by a court or an agent of the court against a juvenile prior to July 1, 2023.

## 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/5974.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5974-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5974-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5974-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **42–6** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **66–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-15** 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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-18** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 24). `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-01-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** HSEL - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 38, 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/3eabb6b6-a8fc-4f63-8783-9e57317ed427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).