---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning safe egress from adult family homes."
description: "Concerning safe egress from adult family homes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5403"
citation: "Washington SB 5403 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LONG-TERM CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/364ff853-0d2a-47b3-b83e-67158cc882e5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5403&year=2019"
source_hash: "9efe4809405dfba89dd1f3b0cf1792111b11cddb03b86430bea6ad7b3d604544"
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 5403 (2019-2020) — Concerning safe egress from adult family homes.

## 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/5403.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5403-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#23) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-08** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 80, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T12:30:00+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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/364ff853-0d2a-47b3-b83e-67158cc882e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).