republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6037.md

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Bill	Concerning the uniform parentage act.	Concerning the uniform parentage act.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6037	Washington SB 6037 (2017-2018)	bill	NAMED ACTS HEALTH AND SAFETY PUBLIC CHILDREN WOMEN DOMESTIC RELATIONS	enacted	Pedersen	3	30	2	2017-12-20	2018-03-06	openstates	ocd-bill/af9946d6-fc2a-4349-acdf-8e57a3c0f1fd	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6037&year=2017	b5c2564c9835fbf5a0bda30e33161afaa0381f7d0cb09c5b4b598644922814be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6037 (2017-2018) — Concerning the uniform parentage act.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#47) — 50–47 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — 27–21 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pedersen — primary (person)
• Billig — cosponsor (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Chase — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Fain — cosponsor (person)
• Frockt — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
• Hunt — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — 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)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Takko — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
• Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-20 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2018-01-25 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-25 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-25 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-01-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-02 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-07 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-25 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-25 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-01-25 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-01-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-02 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-07 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-07 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-02-09 First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-22 JUDI - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-26 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 47; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-02-28 President signed. passage
• 2018-02-28 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-02-28 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-06 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-06 Chapter 6, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-06 Effective date 1/1/2019. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af9946d6-fc2a-4349-acdf-8e57a3c0f1fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).