---
type: "Bill"
title: "Convening a palliative care benefit work group."
description: "Convening a palliative care benefit work group."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5936"
citation: "Washington SB 5936 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/780ecbd5-fb14-4301-9bfc-cf31b1611e7e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5936&year=2023"
source_hash: "84881eaa1da6eef082704659a408d323f090facb47cb885c999bcf2f2a69944d"
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 5936 (2023-2024) — Convening a palliative care benefit work group.

## 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/5936.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5936-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5936-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-16** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 24). `substitution`
- **2024-01-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-18** Chapter 166, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-18** 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/780ecbd5-fb14-4301-9bfc-cf31b1611e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).