---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promoting healthy outcomes for pregnant women and infants."
description: "Promoting healthy outcomes for pregnant women and infants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5835"
citation: "Washington SB 5835 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT", "HEALTH CARE", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "CHILDREN", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "LABOR", "WOMEN", "HOSPITALS", "DISCRIMINATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8ddeabd-5616-4a49-95ac-58b83666c3f1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5835&year=2017"
source_hash: "9fc6f9f1510443f701f9ebeec4a315b10c82e770e0fa0a1375823b1a6f527015"
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 5835 (2017-2018) — Promoting healthy outcomes for pregnant women and infants.

## 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/5835.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5835-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keiser — primary (person)
- Baumgartner — cosponsor (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Rossi — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** First reading, referred to Commerce, Labor & Sports. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** CLS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** LAWS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 294, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/f8ddeabd-5616-4a49-95ac-58b83666c3f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).