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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services."
+description: "Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5079"
+citation: "Washington SB 5079 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Muzzall"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2024-12-19"
+last_action: "2025-05-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93a11630-5566-4108-9338-49880abef6b6"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5079&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "fa8ab904dd7bb5c7f706f0841ecd6637cdd40db4cbfa219eef6a49756263b118"
+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 5079 (2025-2026) — Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5079.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5079.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18) — **92–2** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House on Reconsideration (#20) — **93–2** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Muzzall — primary (person)
+- Christian — cosponsor (person)
+- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Krishnadasan — cosponsor (person)
+- Liias — cosponsor (person)
+- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-01-22** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-01-22** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-01-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-23** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-13** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-18** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-27** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-03-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-03-19** ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
+- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-17** Chapter 331, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/1/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93a11630-5566-4108-9338-49880abef6b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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