---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reinstating the authority of the department of social and health services and the health care authority to purchase interpreter services for applicants and recipients of public assistance who are sensory-impaired."
description: "Reinstating the authority of the department of social and health services and the health care authority to purchase interpreter services for applicants and recipients of public assistance who are sensory-impaired."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5558"
citation: "Washington SB 5558 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEAF", "PROFESSIONS", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950b6f57-4194-4ad1-8810-8ab55173aa89"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5558&year=2019"
source_hash: "3b3e44d3bb820c3782b0b148f44ded47dc8bb3454770956d53aadfa409438db0"
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 5558 (2019-2020) — Reinstating the authority of the department of social and health services and the health care authority to purchase interpreter services for applicants and recipients of public assistance who are sensory-impaired.

## 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/5558.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** HSRR - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** 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 Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** HSEL - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-06** 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, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 152, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-26** Effective date 4/26/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-31T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-19T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+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/950b6f57-4194-4ad1-8810-8ab55173aa89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).