---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing medical assistants with telehealth supervision to provide intramuscular injections for syphilis treatment."
description: "Allowing medical assistants with telehealth supervision to provide intramuscular injections for syphilis treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5983"
citation: "Washington SB 5983 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/689d3c45-2448-4344-8fe2-8efc136bf73a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5983&year=2023"
source_hash: "e390ea865d2f131520fc094b0f5ecfd6d654e326071bfb5c4ee68e006d1dc323"
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 5983 (2023-2024) — Allowing medical assistants with telehealth supervision to provide intramuscular injections for syphilis treatment.

## 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/5983.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5983-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5983-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5983-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#33) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#37) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-23** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** 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 248, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-25** Effective date 3/25/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/689d3c45-2448-4344-8fe2-8efc136bf73a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).