---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing occupational therapy services for persons with behavioral health disorders."
description: "Providing occupational therapy services for persons with behavioral health disorders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5228"
citation: "Washington SB 5228 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2485308-b674-46b5-a10c-1c8bfc283f30"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5228&year=2023"
source_hash: "453d6da80e8671b55ecec37a97f3f23ba4ab8159b29456ff6f7fa783d1dfc296"
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 5228 (2023-2024) — Providing occupational therapy services for persons with behavioral health 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/5228.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5228.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-02** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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, 97; nays, 0; 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 113, 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/c2485308-b674-46b5-a10c-1c8bfc283f30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).