---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning faculty in dental schools."
description: "Concerning faculty in dental schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5113"
citation: "Washington SB 5113 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Warnick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-30"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5f36e54-9dee-4bab-9197-edf848f664d1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5113&year=2023"
source_hash: "049fc2b556825372dea4603027143406bcc62bcb8f2a28e475f384664d9fd1d1"
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 5113 (2023-2024) — Concerning faculty in dental schools.

## 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/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5113.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5113.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Warnick — primary (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-30** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Chapter 89, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-14** 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/b5f36e54-9dee-4bab-9197-edf848f664d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).