---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the community parenting alternative for eligible participants in the residential parenting program at the department of corrections."
description: "Modifying the community parenting alternative for eligible participants in the residential parenting program at the department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5938"
citation: "Washington SB 5938 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d4a90ab-72ed-4f73-add4-d37d589573d5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5938&year=2023"
source_hash: "b1667c019db2805cf478a5fea6afce0964e2c1dd8363c4da1c58ba1f67d5da40"
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 5938 (2023-2024) — Modifying the community parenting alternative for eligible participants in the residential parenting program at the department of corrections.

## 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/5938.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5938.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — 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 Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-25** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-20** CSJR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 193, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** 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/0d4a90ab-72ed-4f73-add4-d37d589573d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).