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type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthening the financial stability of persons in the care of the department of children, youth, and families."
description: "Strengthening the financial stability of persons in the care of the department of children, youth, and families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5911"
citation: "Washington SB 5911 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-17"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/355b3fca-ebc2-41af-9ad6-68566e12ad2d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5911&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "4d57f73c5303d24b1eaa6ac39959eb0b43433218459c28046b886c55ce9e34d8"
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 5911 (2025-2026) — Strengthening the financial stability of persons in the care of the department of children, youth, and families.
## 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/5911.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5911-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5911-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **93–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-12-17** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-20** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-24** ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18** Chapter 92, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/355b3fca-ebc2-41af-9ad6-68566e12ad2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).