---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning services provided by residential habilitation centers."
description: "Concerning services provided by residential habilitation centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5646"
citation: "Washington SB 5646 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Honeyford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45a586e4-61b4-4557-9da1-cb5e1d69aa3b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5646&year=2017"
source_hash: "7ca2a341af715894541a3993eb431a3d8e2425212311d6563dd7b9f6105795fa"
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 5646 (2017-2018) — Concerning services provided by residential habilitation centers.

## 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/5646.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5646.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#8) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Honeyford — primary (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-16** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-20** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-23** Placed on Rules White Sheet.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-27** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-06-27** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-27** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2017-06-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-06-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-28** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-06** Chapter 19, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-07-06** Effective date 10/19/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45a586e4-61b4-4557-9da1-cb5e1d69aa3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).