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Law and Justice Committee advances package of bills, sends multiple due-pass recommendations to rules and appropriations committees

Law and Justice Committee · January 22, 2026
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The committee on Jan. 22 approved proposed substitutes and gave due-pass recommendations on a set of bills—ranging from guardianship and data-retention changes to consumer-debt and missing-persons measures—while scheduling further review in Rules and Ways & Means.

The Washington State Senate Law and Justice Committee met on Jan. 22 and advanced a slate of bills, adopting proposed substitutes and issuing due-pass recommendations to the Rules and Ways & Means committees.

In executive session the committee adopted a proposed substitute for Senate Bill 5,837 (guardianship-related revisions) and recommended the substitute receive a due-pass recommendation to Rules. Committee members described the substitute as primarily housekeeping that removed several changes to minor and adult guardianship statutory language, including proposals to change age-of-appointment, some notice and counsel provisions, and emergency guardian provisions.

The committee also gave due-pass…

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