republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6453.md

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Bill	Concerning legal support for kinship caregivers.	Concerning legal support for kinship caregivers.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6453	Washington SB 6453 (2017-2018)	bill	PUBLIC DEFENSE OFFICE CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT CIVIL LEGAL AID OFFICE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE	enacted	King	3	36	2	2018-01-17	2018-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/6530a2a6-3fbc-4e1a-82ae-1a75b20e0e17	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6453&year=2017	82f446a3da0a490a9367f87d4da35ffd976075128a019536f4a5e81f1507662d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6453 (2017-2018) — Concerning legal support for kinship caregivers.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage (#4) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• King — primary (person)
• Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
• Miloscia — cosponsor (person)
• O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-17 First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. reading-1
• 2018-01-30 HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-30 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-06 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-13 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-30 HSC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-30 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-06 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-13 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-06 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-13 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-02-15 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 Appropriations.
• 2018-02-26 APP - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-15 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-15 Chapter 80, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-15 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6530a2a6-3fbc-4e1a-82ae-1a75b20e0e17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).