---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning physician limited licenses."
description: "Concerning physician limited licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5413"
citation: "Washington SB 5413 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbd99f8c-2642-4e05-b49d-aab438359f8f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5413&year=2017"
source_hash: "532338823d02ab5298769e3a113f25d3f5df6d6309ccec8a6b5aa13512c338ca"
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 5413 (2017-2018) — Concerning physician limited licenses.

## 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/5413.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#29) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** 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 Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Chapter 45, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-17** 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/fbd99f8c-2642-4e05-b49d-aab438359f8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).