---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation."
description: "Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5847"
citation: "Washington SB 5847 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-08"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a18ea8b6-0ff8-412d-b0cf-9accfe75358b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5847&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5cb0eee1d609fdd0a96ff212766adcc3688abb65c6ec4029b71e5cc4aa134c01"
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 5847 (2025-2026) — Concerning access to medical care in workers' compensation.

## 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/5847.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5847-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5847-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5847-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5847-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **67–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-30** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-02** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** LAWS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2026-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Chapter 175, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-24** Effective date 6/11/2026*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a18ea8b6-0ff8-412d-b0cf-9accfe75358b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).