---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing access to the provisions of the Washington death with dignity act."
description: "Increasing access to the provisions of the Washington death with dignity act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5179"
citation: "Washington SB 5179 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d81c697-f66c-4cc6-9187-87bc4d80cd45"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5179&year=2023"
source_hash: "c10f74d3b36830b4c887c9e005c08360f65a2bebaf8ca9c27cc22f416f22176e"
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 5179 (2023-2024) — Increasing access to the provisions of the Washington death with dignity act.

## 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/5179.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5179-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5179-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5179-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **53–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-09** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:30 AM.
- **2023-03-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-10** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 38, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d81c697-f66c-4cc6-9187-87bc4d80cd45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).