---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopting the department of social and health services report recommendations addressing a regulatory oversight plan for continuing care retirement communities."
description: "Adopting the department of social and health services report recommendations addressing a regulatory oversight plan for continuing care retirement communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5691"
citation: "Washington SB 5691 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fec8dac-bc4c-49b4-9cd6-41d17b662d8b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5691&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5344865e1857eea706abac9b27ed5d4a4560f250fe18c5a8bbb62123b290e7dd"
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 5691 (2025-2026) — Adopting the department of social and health services report recommendations addressing a regulatory oversight plan for continuing care retirement communities.

## 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/5691.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5691-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5691-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **72–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-20** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **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** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; 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 session scheduled, but no action was taken 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 with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-02** 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, 72; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 218, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** 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/5fec8dac-bc4c-49b4-9cd6-41d17b662d8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).