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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating a medical assistant-EMT certification."
+description: "Creating a medical assistant-EMT certification."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5940"
+citation: "Washington SB 5940 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-02"
+last_action: "2024-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c292205c-4e41-4e45-bfea-a3bf2f412b9f"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5940&year=2023"
+source_hash: "780d8d17093725e9e1f691341aac2392e94f0c62ec99fe63b3913f54493ddc72"
+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 5940 (2023-2024) — Creating a medical assistant-EMT certification.
+
+## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5940.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5940-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5940-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Van De Wege — primary (person)
+- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
+- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
+- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-18** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-01-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-16** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-19** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 11:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-19** Chapter 217, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-19** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c292205c-4e41-4e45-bfea-a3bf2f412b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+