---
type: "Bill"
title: "Delaying the home care aide certification requirements."
description: "Delaying the home care aide certification requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5672"
citation: "Washington SB 5672 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muzzall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/782e9189-a2af-43ff-a748-2770a02623b1"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5672&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8eda05e536522c739123d2b61a7b3eecac5fc3be6c71369fedb5a6e68219cab5"
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 5672 (2025-2026) — Delaying the home care aide certification requirements.

## 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/5672.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5672.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Muzzall — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-21** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-26** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-21** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-21** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 341, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-23** Effective date 5/17/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/782e9189-a2af-43ff-a748-2770a02623b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).