---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning department of corrections behavioral health certification."
description: "Concerning department of corrections behavioral health certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5388"
citation: "Washington SB 5388 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97d2d437-78cf-41e1-867b-4bef37318d09"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5388&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "02803ef2fcfc94f781a58b625c4040996274f6202a60c1851e9f2b3ba7338246"
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 5388 (2025-2026) — Concerning department of corrections behavioral health certification.

## 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/5388.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5388-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5388-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **73–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-05** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-08** First reading, referred to Community Safety. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** CS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `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`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 3; 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 signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 382, 2025 Laws. `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/97d2d437-78cf-41e1-867b-4bef37318d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).