---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing the developmental disabilities administration's no-paid services caseload services."
description: "Reducing the developmental disabilities administration's no-paid services caseload services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5394"
citation: "Washington SB 5394 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1709ad27-9e0c-41ab-8422-e09f9fc5cecf"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5394&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "2f348f848c853aa92939b950606b5fe573bd6e2ce2ceccda4148814d0d3d9b81"
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 5394 (2025-2026) — Reducing the developmental disabilities administration's no-paid services caseload 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/5394.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5394-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5394-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **78–18** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-10** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-10** HS - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2025-02-10** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-28** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-26** ELHS - 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.
- **2025-04-08** 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** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 337, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** 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/1709ad27-9e0c-41ab-8422-e09f9fc5cecf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).