---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing an exemption for women, infants, and children program staff to perform hematological screening tests."
description: "Providing an exemption for women, infants, and children program staff to perform hematological screening tests."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5244"
citation: "Washington SB 5244 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac31967f-8a23-455b-b20e-49ac46029bf2"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5244&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "00fe67121ac26a422db2eb59594d496467b7dc16cd48e07e4fe6fb1b0fa7e642"
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 5244 (2025-2026) — Providing an exemption for women, infants, and children program staff to perform hematological screening tests.

## 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/5244.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5244.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — 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 Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-05** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-18** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Chapter 8, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-04** 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/ac31967f-8a23-455b-b20e-49ac46029bf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).