---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning extraordinary medical placement for incarcerated individuals at the department of corrections."
description: "Concerning extraordinary medical placement for incarcerated individuals at the department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5101"
citation: "Washington SB 5101 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-27"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10e2b3cd-fbbb-4987-8b34-00b0ef81efe7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5101&year=2023"
source_hash: "b7f16440c6c307992d232be676923c8be3e3340df9c02e5985c9aa4a3cfe945d"
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 5101 (2023-2024) — Concerning extraordinary medical placement for incarcerated individuals at the department of corrections.

## 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/2023-24/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5101.pdf)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5101-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5101-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **37–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#8) — **30–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldaña — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-27** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-26** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** CSJR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 15; absent, 1; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 358, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10e2b3cd-fbbb-4987-8b34-00b0ef81efe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).