---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring long-term care workers to be trained to recognize hearing loss."
description: "Requiring long-term care workers to be trained to recognize hearing loss."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5177"
citation: "Washington SB 5177 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LONG-TERM CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/520d874c-b932-4e46-90e3-4d257d98ae45"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5177&year=2017"
source_hash: "cc01a719063ee167370ab9fbbee531f35934357e076c0fa54f791938853a8dd4"
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 5177 (2017-2018) — Requiring long-term care workers to be trained to recognize hearing loss.

## 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/5177.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 216, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/520d874c-b932-4e46-90e3-4d257d98ae45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).