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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning veterans' medical foster homes."
+description: "Concerning veterans' medical foster homes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "SB 5200"
+citation: "Washington SB 5200 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wagoner"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-09"
+last_action: "2025-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a715e1a-a38a-49fe-9348-64f5b4c760d9"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5200&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "0bc63a9f2739096a929e90716b5ea16d3c27a2b5c4572c09ec254b2addca814f"
+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 5200 (2025-2026) — Concerning veterans' medical foster homes.
+
+## 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/5200.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5200-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5200-S.htm)
+4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5200-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wagoner — primary (person)
+- Christian — cosponsor (person)
+- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-13** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-03-25** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-22** Chapter 108, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-22** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a715e1a-a38a-49fe-9348-64f5b4c760d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+