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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT SENATE BILL 5868 Chapter 226, Laws of 2026 69TH LEGISLATURE 2026 REGULAR SESSION SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES—SKAGIT COUNTY AND YAKIMA COUNTY EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2026 Passed by the Senate February 16, 2026 Yeas 48 Nays 1 DENNY HECK President of the Senate Passed by the House March 5, 2026 Yeas 95 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5868 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. SARAH BANNISTER Secretary Secretary Approved March 25, 2026 11:43 AM FILED March 25, 2026 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington SENATE BILL 5868 Passed Legislature - 2026 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session By Senators Wagoner, King, Dhingra, Lovelett, and Pedersen; by request of Administrative Office of the Courts Prefiled 12/10/25. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice. AN ACT Relating to adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county and in Yakima county; and amending RCW 2.08.063. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 2.08.063 and 2024 c 112 s 1 are each amended to read as follows: There shall be in the county of Lincoln one judge of the superior court; in the county of Skagit, ((four ))five judges of the superior court; in the county of Walla Walla, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Whitman, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Yakima, ((eight ))nine judges of the superior court; in the county of Adams, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Whatcom, five judges of the superior court. Passed by the Senate February 16, 2026. Passed by the House March 5, 2026. Approved by the Governor March 25, 2026. Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 25, 2026.
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