---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning maintaining the quarterly average census method for calculating state hospital reimbursements."
description: "Concerning maintaining the quarterly average census method for calculating state hospital reimbursements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5595"
citation: "Washington SB 5595 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billig"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d608ac4-f5ee-49d9-bf18-c7babf2ca235"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5595&year=2017"
source_hash: "15d6ef436078845f9780dd8df8217405f7c274c55aa4e77f33b16c077d3f073a"
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 5595 (2017-2018) — Concerning maintaining the quarterly average census method for calculating state hospital reimbursements.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5595.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#26) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Billig — primary (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** HSMH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 222, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d608ac4-f5ee-49d9-bf18-c7babf2ca235`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).