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WA SB 5651

enacted

Increasing the amount exempt from garnishment in nonbankruptcy cases.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5651 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5651 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-20. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective date 7/1/2025.

What is WA SB 5651 about?

WA SB 5651 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Increasing the amount exempt from garnishment in nonbankruptcy cases.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5651?

Alvarado is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5651, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-20 — Effective date 7/1/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Alvaradoprimary
  • Stanfordcosponsor
  • Slattercosponsor
  • Salomoncosponsor
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

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  2. 2025-02-10

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  3. 2025-02-13

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.

  4. 2025-02-13

    LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  5. 2025-02-13

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  6. 2025-02-13

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  7. 2025-02-13

    And refer to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-02-14

    Referred to Ways & Means.

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-02-26

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  10. 2025-02-27

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  11. 2025-02-27

    WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  12. 2025-02-27

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  13. 2025-02-28

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  14. 2025-03-10

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  15. 2025-03-12

    2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25).

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  16. 2025-03-12

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  17. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  18. 2025-03-12

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  19. 2025-03-14

    First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.

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  20. 2025-03-21

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.

  21. 2025-03-26

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.

  22. 2025-03-26

    CRJ - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-03-26

    Minority; do not pass.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  24. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  25. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-04-10

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  27. 2025-04-10

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  28. 2025-04-10

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  29. 2025-04-10

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 3.

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  30. 2025-04-22

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  31. 2025-04-22

    Passed final passage; yeas, 33; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0.

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  32. 2025-04-24

    President signed.

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  33. 2025-04-24

    Speaker signed.

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  34. 2025-04-25

    Delivered to Governor.

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  35. 2025-05-20

    Governor signed.

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  36. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 391, 2025 Laws.

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  37. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 7/1/2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29)

    2025-03-12 · pass · 38-10

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: other
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32)

    2025-04-10 · pass · 61-34

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: no
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: other
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: other
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15)

    2025-04-22 · pass · 33-15

    Member-level votes (48)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5651&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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