---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning online access to health care resources for veterinarians and veterinary technicians."
description: "Concerning online access to health care resources for veterinarians and veterinary technicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5000"
citation: "Washington SB 5000 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "VETERINARIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palumbo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80e40a4c-9151-41da-bfbc-3fdecb85714f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5000&year=2019"
source_hash: "d961fd24d9b461feadc9f45077cc944176f8e4abe5c0143cee8c13afe5133ead"
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 5000 (2019-2020) — Concerning online access to health care resources for veterinarians and veterinary technicians.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5000.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#35) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Palumbo — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-21** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Chapter 140, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-07T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-01T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80e40a4c-9151-41da-bfbc-3fdecb85714f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).