---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning agreements between dentists and third parties that provide supportive services to dentists."
description: "Concerning agreements between dentists and third parties that provide supportive services to dentists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5322"
citation: "Washington SB 5322 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY", "HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["King"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d247547b-dd81-4c23-b3c9-d3b2d2786b92"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5322&year=2017"
source_hash: "cedb86af26e677b86b6bdcb52007081d5e01934f9fa0c79009751bcc36793fc8"
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 5322 (2017-2018) — Concerning agreements between dentists and third parties that provide supportive services to dentists.

## 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/5322.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5322-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#13) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- King — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Miloscia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-16** HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-21** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** 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.
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 320, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/d247547b-dd81-4c23-b3c9-d3b2d2786b92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).