republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5836.md

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Bill	Adding an additional superior court judge in Clark county.	Adding an additional superior court judge in Clark county.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5836	Washington SB 5836 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	L. Wilson	2	32	2	2023-12-12	2024-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2fccbb62-4f3f-46ee-878e-e18f462a9aa2	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5836&year=2023	da67537f8e5a7b18242657b3aa5387eca874ae0c5ca43d06a3885c662a79e5c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5836 (2023-2024) — Adding an additional superior court judge in Clark county.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — 95–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• L. Wilson — primary (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)
• Padden — cosponsor (person)
• Rivers — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-12 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2024-01-09 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-11 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-11 LAW - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-11 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-01-12 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
• 2024-02-01 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-01 WM - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-05 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-09 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-15 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2024-02-20 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-21 CRJ - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-26 APP - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 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, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2024-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-15 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-15 Chapter 125, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-15 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fccbb62-4f3f-46ee-878e-e18f462a9aa2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).