---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning senior students in accredited schools of chiropractic."
description: "Concerning senior students in accredited schools of chiropractic."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5817"
citation: "Washington SB 5817 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6b3832a-f194-4e0d-b8a2-a719c551e7d4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5817&year=2019"
source_hash: "18b80e475f3346c626c31cf6ed58b73ab8a5ac088add251877468c7c8acba111"
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 5817 (2019-2020) — Concerning senior students in accredited schools of chiropractic.

## 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/5817.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rivers — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-04** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on third reading.
- **2019-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 405, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T22:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 05:30 PM
- **2019-03-15T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+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/c6b3832a-f194-4e0d-b8a2-a719c551e7d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).