---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a certification for memory care services."
description: "Creating a certification for memory care services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5337"
citation: "Washington SB 5337 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/193e40a9-2bae-4b63-b5a8-2549fb847ff4"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5337&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8091f9ec4cf304d259149e11d4e8f503f3331bbd5a6f2ea4d79c5128c98f44ce"
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 5337 (2025-2026) — Creating a certification for memory care services.

## 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/5337.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5337-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5337-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5337-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5337-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-13** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-13** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Chapter 187, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-30** 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/193e40a9-2bae-4b63-b5a8-2549fb847ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).