---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing wages or hours of individual providers."
description: "Addressing wages or hours of individual providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5976"
citation: "Washington SB 5976 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WAGES AND HOURS", "LONG-TERM CARE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-30"
last_action: "2017-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e62c1250-3812-41ac-8a89-e14f2c3fbbe9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5976&year=2017"
source_hash: "7d89de8c83f55f2f5a60e56cf217532215e5332a7e1f3158e9752c698811777e"
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 5976 (2017-2018) — Addressing wages or hours of individual providers.

## 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/5976.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rivers — primary (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-30** First Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-06** Chapter 24, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-07-06** Effective date 7/6/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e62c1250-3812-41ac-8a89-e14f2c3fbbe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).