---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing fee authority for accreditation services provided to opioid treatment programs by the department of health."
description: "Establishing fee authority for accreditation services provided to opioid treatment programs by the department of health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5988"
citation: "Washington SB 5988 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d8d71a2-fd7f-4588-bed3-fe9437176fb8"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5988&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "3dfc87361972413d1a6d454e6aef54c23263db4ba368faba4282ec18988dc741"
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 5988 (2025-2026) — Establishing fee authority for accreditation services provided to opioid treatment programs by the department of health.

## 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/5988.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5988.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **62–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-03** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Chapter 73, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-16** 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/3d8d71a2-fd7f-4588-bed3-fe9437176fb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).