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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing automatic waivers of select state health care laws to enable timely response by the health care system during a governor-declared statewide state of emergency."
+description: "Establishing automatic waivers of select state health care laws to enable timely response by the health care system during a governor-declared statewide state of emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "SB 5178"
+citation: "Washington SB 5178 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "EMERGENCY", "STATE OF", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HOSPITALS", "PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7560fb7-8ba0-4784-8f5a-7aaa76f4ba44"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5178&year=2021"
+source_hash: "89cdab93f7a328d7810111a399dc15578891de7602eb7db8f6564742751fb5a3"
+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 5178 (2021-2022) — Establishing automatic waivers of select state health care laws to enable timely response by the health care system during a governor-declared statewide state of emergency.
+
+## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5178.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5178-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5178-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cleveland — primary (person)
+- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 1:30 PM.
+- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2021-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 21). `substitution`
+- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 268, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
+- **2021-01-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
+- **2021-01-29T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
+- **2021-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
+- **2021-03-25T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7560fb7-8ba0-4784-8f5a-7aaa76f4ba44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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