republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5598.md

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Bill	Granting relatives, including but not limited to grandparents, the right to seek visitation with a child through the courts.	Granting relatives, including but not limited to grandparents, the right to seek visitation with a child through the courts.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5598	Washington SB 5598 (2017-2018)	bill	ORDERS OF COURT CHILDREN DOMESTIC RELATIONS	enacted	Pedersen	1	34	4	2017-01-31	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/de5d56ec-a41c-4c30-b527-7784cd142df0	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5598&year=2017	146faaf29471095fd1a9cdcaf054b76ab31b28938749690252e9b2110c9ea8ed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5598 (2017-2018) — Granting relatives, including but not limited to grandparents, the right to seek visitation with a child through the courts.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — 43–6 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage on Reconsideration (#19) — 56–42 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — 44–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pedersen — primary (person)
• Angel — cosponsor (person)
• Bailey — cosponsor (person)
• Becker — cosponsor (person)
• Billig — cosponsor (person)
• Braun — cosponsor (person)
• Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Fain — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
• Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
• Honeyford — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• King — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• McCoy — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)
• Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Ranker — cosponsor (person)
• Rivers — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Rossi — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
• Takko — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
• Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Warnick — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-31 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-18 LAW - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-01-18 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-01-25 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-01-25 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-01-25 Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-01-29 First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-22 JUDI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2018-02-26 APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Judiciary.
• 2018-02-26 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-26 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-02 Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
• 2018-03-02 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2018-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-02 Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
• 2018-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 42; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-06 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2018-03-06 Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter 183, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-22 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de5d56ec-a41c-4c30-b527-7784cd142df0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).