---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state."
description: "Establishing 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5120"
citation: "Washington SB 5120 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-30"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/258218e3-9bbd-40f8-ad0c-f9691484067c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5120&year=2023"
source_hash: "973e1875d9260ab46d5515b445303e64bc867bb04ca5d4941b347301bfcefbd0"
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 5120 (2023-2024) — Establishing 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5120.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5120-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5120-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5120-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#4) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#28) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-30** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-26** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2023-04-20** House receded from amendments.
- **2023-04-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 433, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** Effective date 7/23/2023***. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/258218e3-9bbd-40f8-ad0c-f9691484067c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).