---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning child-specific foster care licenses for placement of Indian children."
description: "Concerning child-specific foster care licenses for placement of Indian children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5683"
citation: "Washington SB 5683 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kauffman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1b1ed4e-93c2-4035-8afa-a1f2704a9a11"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5683&year=2023"
source_hash: "27259d96444b829fd3e069b4e45980e59a16a7e31600edeaefea24b408e7e016"
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 5683 (2023-2024) — Concerning child-specific foster care licenses for placement of Indian children.

## 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/5683.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5683.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kauffman — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-14** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** 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; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-24** HSEL - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 127, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-22** 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/c1b1ed4e-93c2-4035-8afa-a1f2704a9a11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).