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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect."
description: "Concerning the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5375"
citation: "Washington SB 5375 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce8373ad-2540-499a-821d-cf20a4cdd68d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5375&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "61468566015950e0f8a89a5f373491f8b8e5bb023e4110d2f279d3d3092bf597"
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 5375 (2025-2026) — Concerning the duty of clergy to report child abuse and neglect.
## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5375.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5375.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 72 Warnick Pg 7 Ln 11 (#16) — **21–27** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **64–31** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Frame — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-05** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-06** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-19** ELHS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Chapter 197, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce8373ad-2540-499a-821d-cf20a4cdd68d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).