---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning hospital staffing standards."
description: "Concerning hospital staffing standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5236"
citation: "Washington SB 5236 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9b64a09-a439-4882-8b63-6095259825d5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5236&year=2023"
source_hash: "9796ecd7074420d098f39fed2dd6093e21632d1bf16516c36be4225c3b0678f1"
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 5236 (2023-2024) — Concerning hospital staffing standards.

## 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/5236.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5236-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5236-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5236-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5236-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **92–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **35–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — 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`
- **2023-01-17** 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** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** 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; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 114, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/1/2024*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9b64a09-a439-4882-8b63-6095259825d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).