Guardians must visit their wards monthly in person, report visits to court, notify relevant entities of their appointment, and receive reasonable fees.
AN ACT relating to guardianship; requiring a guardian to make monthly in‑person monitoring of the guardian's ward; providing for reasonable fees and expenses of a guardian; requiring reporting to the court of the in‑person monitoring; requiring a guardian or conservator to notify specified entities of the guardian or conservator's appointment; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsor:
Co-sponsors: Representative(s) Angelos, Chestek, Clouston, Erickson, Senator(s) Brennan, Hutchings, Nethercott
Establishes guardianship protections requiring monthly in-person contact with wards, court reporting of monitoring, guardian fee limitations, and notification requirements to entities.
Effective: July 1, 2026
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3/3/2026(House)
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2/20/2026(House)
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2/10/2026(House)
H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue 59-2-1-0-0
2/6/2026(House)
H Received for Introduction
2/5/2026(LSO)
Bill Number Assigned
H Introduced and Referred to H03 - Revenue 59-2-1-0-0
UnknownYea: Allemand, Andrew, Angelos, Banks, Bear, Brady, Bratten, G. Brown, L. Brown, Byron, E. Campbell, K. Campbell, Chestek, Clouston, Connolly, Davis, Erickson, Filer, Fornstrom, Geringer, Guggenmos, Haroldson, Harshman, Heiner, Hoeft, Jarvis, Johnson, Knapp, L. Larsen, JT. Larson, Lawley, Locke, Lien, Lucas, McCann, Ottman, Pendergraft, Posey, Provenza, Rodriguez-Williams, Riggins, Schmid, Sherwood, Singh, Smith, Storer, Strock, Styvar, Tarver, Thayer, Wasserburger, Washut, Wharff, Webber, Webb, Williams, Winter, Wylie, Neiman
Nay: Nicholas, Yin
Excused: Kelly