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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increasing the amount exempt from garnishment in nonbankruptcy cases."
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description: "Increasing the amount exempt from garnishment in nonbankruptcy cases."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "SB 5651"
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citation: "Washington SB 5651 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d06382c7-5481-4d3b-90c9-1aac10347907"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5651&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "857c372bdf967608ae3a866d6b50b6814ade59599c8041cc6d75222ec086348f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5651 (2025-2026) — Increasing the amount exempt from garnishment in nonbankruptcy cases.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5651.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5651-S2.E.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5651-S2.htm)
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4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5651-S2.PL.htm)
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5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5651-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — **61–34** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **38–10** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **33–15** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarado — primary (person)
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- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
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- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
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- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-13** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-13** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-14** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-12** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-03-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-26** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** Chapter 391, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-20** Effective date 7/1/2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d06382c7-5481-4d3b-90c9-1aac10347907`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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