---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing flexibility in calculation of nursing rates."
description: "Providing flexibility in calculation of nursing rates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5802"
citation: "Washington SB 5802 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muzzall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-06"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2827205-02b1-4338-a85e-d126d2172251"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5802&year=2023"
source_hash: "2527c76bf89d4940f7094a086d880afde20293a53a956f78ac6dc8408b371bb0"
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 5802 (2023-2024) — Providing flexibility in calculation of nursing rates.

## 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/5802.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5802-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5802-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Muzzall — primary (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-18** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-25** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-10** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25** Chapter 246, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-25** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2827205-02b1-4338-a85e-d126d2172251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).