---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders."
description: "Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5217"
citation: "Washington SB 5217 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4da93d61-eded-4a62-8d0e-09f24d576ce8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5217&year=2023"
source_hash: "df347dfae2e5519e6ba6adb46783533676a47f88e0b94cfea71de2858b76da77"
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 5217 (2023-2024) — Concerning the state's ability to regulate certain industries and risk classes to prevent musculoskeletal injuries and disorders.

## 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/5217.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5217-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5217-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 615 Walsh Pg 7 Ln 35 (#39) — **44–53** (fail) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#40) — **51–46** (pass) · lower
- 616 Connors Pg 5 Ln 4 (#37) — **46–51** (fail) · lower
- 614 Connors Pg 5 Ln 5 (#38) — **45–52** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-17** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-31** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 51; nays, 46; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 112, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** 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/4da93d61-eded-4a62-8d0e-09f24d576ce8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).