---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing a sales and use tax exemption for complex rehabilitation technology products."
description: "Providing a sales and use tax exemption for complex rehabilitation technology products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5218"
citation: "Washington SB 5218 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/506922d0-4663-4ab7-a652-f6397e85e6f1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5218&year=2023"
source_hash: "5f78adc310fd09b7bc85db1733dd20e5278ed31e54a8c428c64834e730d5ce7c"
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 5218 (2023-2024) — Providing a sales and use tax exemption for complex rehabilitation technology products.

## 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/5218.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5218-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5218-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padden — primary (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-17** HLTC - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2023-01-17** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-16** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-04-14** FIN - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 319, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/506922d0-4663-4ab7-a652-f6397e85e6f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).