---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the practice of midwifery."
description: "Concerning the practice of midwifery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5765"
citation: "Washington SB 5765 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67896b90-7c01-4291-bf78-68fc8ee361b4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5765&year=2021"
source_hash: "9b5d93b58869987f0f0ae4ebd37777a7fee57bfda79a983057fced11e132f3ed"
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 5765 (2021-2022) — Concerning the practice of midwifery.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5765.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5765-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **61–37** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **27–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randall — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 289, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2022-01-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-23T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67896b90-7c01-4291-bf78-68fc8ee361b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).