---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning dental health services in tribal settings."
description: "Concerning dental health services in tribal settings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5079"
citation: "Washington SB 5079 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "INDIANS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCoy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e619f6e7-1cf4-47f1-af95-56ff7a515dfc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5079&year=2017"
source_hash: "77c9662c3d554ee42b8ea5f9160e1e2cf9a529ef99013c737b6562d30055c394"
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 (2017-2018) — Concerning dental health services in tribal settings.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5079.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5079-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **80–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCoy — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-19** HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-02-20** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-02-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-22** Chapter 5, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-02-22** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e619f6e7-1cf4-47f1-af95-56ff7a515dfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).