---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program."
description: "Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5232"
citation: "Washington SB 5232 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Wilson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e88b7b00-8273-461d-a7f2-4f24cb14bc40"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5232&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "3255a743653d2bc8726d386e9bc4903bba4508a1f36e982e57aff08b947ea4ce"
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 5232 (2025-2026) — Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5232.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5232-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5232-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5232-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Wilson — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-29** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-29** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-25** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-28** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-19** ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Early Learning & Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 408, 2025 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e88b7b00-8273-461d-a7f2-4f24cb14bc40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).