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WA SB6105
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Marko Liias
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AI Summary
- Creates a new, higher wage garnishment exemption specifically for medical debt judgments, protecting the greater of 60 times the state minimum hourly wage or 80% of disposable earnings per week
- Current exemptions remain unchanged: 35 times federal minimum wage or 75% of disposable earnings for general debts; 35 times state minimum wage or 80% for consumer debt; 50 times minimum wage or 85% for private student loan debt
- Requires garnishment writs for medical debt to include a conspicuous caption statement: "This garnishment is based on a judgment or order for medical debt"
- Updates all statutory notice forms sent to judgment debtors to explain the new medical debt exemption and include a checkbox for claiming the medical debt exemption
- Amends RCW 6.27.150, 6.27.105, and 6.27.140 governing wage garnishment procedures in Washington State
Legislative Description
Raising the exemption from garnishment of earnings for judgments arising from medical debt.
Last Action
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
2/2/2026
Committee Referrals
Law & Justice1/13/2026
Full Bill Text
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