WA SB 5720

enacted

Enacting the uniform consumer debt default judgments act.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5720 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5720 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-18. Latest recorded action (2026-03-18): Effective date 1/1/2027.

What is WA SB 5720 about?

WA SB 5720 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Enacting the uniform consumer debt default judgments act.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5720?

Pedersen is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5720, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-18 — Effective date 1/1/2027.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-10
First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-13
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-19
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2026-01-22
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2026-01-22
LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-01-23
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-04
Placed on second reading consent calendar.
reading-2
2026-02-05
1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 26).
substitution
2026-02-05
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-05
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2026-02-09
First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-24
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-24
CRJ - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-25
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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2026-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
2026-03-05
President signed.
passage
2026-03-05
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-09
Delivered to Governor.
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2026-03-18
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-18
Chapter 107, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-18
Effective date 1/1/2027.
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Versions

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
2026-02-05 · pass · 47-0
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: yes
- Braun: yes
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: yes
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: yes
- Fortunato: yes
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: yes
- Goehner: yes
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: yes
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: yes
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: other
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: yes
- McCune: yes
- Muzzall: yes
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: other
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: yes
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: yes
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: yes
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26)
2026-03-04 · pass · 93-1
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: yes
- Abell: yes
- Barkis: yes
- Barnard: yes
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: yes
- Callan: yes
- Chase: yes
- Connors: yes
- Corry: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: yes
- Davis: yes
- Dent: yes
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: yes
- Engell: yes
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: yes
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: yes
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: yes
- Hackney: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: yes
- Jacobsen: yes
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: yes
- Klicker: yes
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: yes
- Low: yes
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: yes
- Marshall: yes
- McClintock: yes
- McEntire: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: other
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: other
- Penner: yes
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: yes
- Rule: yes
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: yes
- Schmidt: yes
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: other
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5720&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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