republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/sb-5651.md

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Bill	Increasing the amount exempt from garnishment in nonbankruptcy cases.	Increasing the amount exempt from garnishment in nonbankruptcy cases.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	SB 5651	Washington SB 5651 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Alvarado	5	37	3	2025-02-04	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/d06382c7-5481-4d3b-90c9-1aac10347907	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5651&Year=2025&Initiative=false	857c372bdf967608ae3a866d6b50b6814ade59599c8041cc6d75222ec086348f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5651 (2025-2026) — Increasing the amount exempt from garnishment in nonbankruptcy cases.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — 61–34 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — 38–10 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — 33–15 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alvarado — primary (person)
• Cortes — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Salomon — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-04 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2025-02-10 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-13 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-02-13 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-13 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-13 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-13 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-02-14 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-02-26 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-27 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-27 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-27 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-28 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-03-10 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-03-12 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). substitution
• 2025-03-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-03-14 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. reading-1
• 2025-03-21 Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-03-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-03-26 CRJ - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-26 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-10 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-04-10 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-10 Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2025-04-22 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2025-04-22 Passed final passage; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2025-04-24 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-24 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-25 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-20 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-20 Chapter 391, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-05-20 Effective date 7/1/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d06382c7-5481-4d3b-90c9-1aac10347907. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).