BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 5945: Incapacitated and vulnerable

Concerning protection of incapacitated persons and vulnerable adults.

Summary

Specifies that, upon receipt of a complaint and investigation thereof, or for other good reason, the office of the attorney general or the department of social and health services has standing to petition the court to modify or terminate a guardianship with regard to incapacitated persons.

From the Bill Digest (SB 5945), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to elder and incapacitated persons protection;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5945 (2025–26) Persistent offenders · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5945 (2023–24) Vehicle dealers · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5945 (2021–22) Human trafficking · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5945 (2019–20) Youth gang reduction pilot · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5945 (2017–18) School siting/GMA · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5945 (2013–14) Principal empowerment · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5945 (2011–12) Excise tax/govt services · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5945 (2009–10) WA health partnership plan · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 545, Laws of 2009