---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the hospital safety net assessment."
description: "Concerning the hospital safety net assessment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5734"
citation: "Washington SB 5734 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOSPITALS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dd875b0-6dfa-401e-966b-66dff6eeb091"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5734&year=2019"
source_hash: "36ca87ab61e7e4de29eac05c9ea1c1430f4cf43c25e0be27dc611d1ee4b7775e"
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 5734 (2019-2020) — 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5734.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5734-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#10) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-21** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-24** Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 318, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/1/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-13T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations 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/1dd875b0-6dfa-401e-966b-66dff6eeb091`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).