---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the expansion of nutrition programs for older adults."
description: "Concerning the expansion of nutrition programs for older adults."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5736"
citation: "Washington SB 5736 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SENIOR CITIZENS", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c010350-aaae-403b-a9fc-e0039886355a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5736&year=2017"
source_hash: "8b4121875faa4e2652b0c60afcae235f58625a1111caeb9eb6cfa2ea0d3d8b0a"
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 5736 (2017-2018) — Concerning the expansion of nutrition programs for older adults.

## 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/5736.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#18) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Rossi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** HLTH - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-13** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-10** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** Chapter 287, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-10** 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/5c010350-aaae-403b-a9fc-e0039886355a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).