---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the hospital safety net assessment."
description: "Concerning the hospital safety net assessment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5815"
citation: "Washington SB 5815 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "HOSPITALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/324629b0-73b5-43a0-8de2-4991e51b548e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5815&year=2017"
source_hash: "063a203bd5a34f2b9e8ed384e40a46b00cae19a953b2b62b0dc11215fb475957"
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 5815 (2017-2018) — Concerning the hospital safety net assessment.

## 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/5815.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5815-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **91–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rivers — primary (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Ranker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-23** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-20** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-23** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-27** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-04-14** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-04-17** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-04-18** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-18** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2017-04-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 228, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** Effective date 7/1/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/324629b0-73b5-43a0-8de2-4991e51b548e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).