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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Addressing wages or hours of individual providers."
+description: "Addressing wages or hours of individual providers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 5976"
+citation: "Washington SB 5976 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["WAGES AND HOURS", "LONG-TERM CARE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-06-30"
+last_action: "2017-07-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e62c1250-3812-41ac-8a89-e14f2c3fbbe9"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5976&year=2017"
+source_hash: "7d89de8c83f55f2f5a60e56cf217532215e5332a7e1f3158e9752c698811777e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 5976 (2017-2018) — Addressing wages or hours of individual providers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5976.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#6) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rivers — primary (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-06-30** First Reading.
+- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended.
+- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-06-30** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
+- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-07-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-07-06** Chapter 24, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
+- **2017-07-06** Effective date 7/6/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e62c1250-3812-41ac-8a89-e14f2c3fbbe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+