---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment."
description: "Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5502"
citation: "Washington SB 5502 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gildon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a919e8-50b7-498d-bb14-5937cd530fe6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5502&year=2023"
source_hash: "a61f333414131f8caf20a60312fa512a295c0f9e2cc0fca8d2e3e4e225d8b28a"
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 5502 (2023-2024) — Ensuring access to substance use disorder treatment.

## 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/5502.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5502-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5502-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5502-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#23) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gildon — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Torres — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-07** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **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** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **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). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `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`
- **2023-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 405, 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/76a919e8-50b7-498d-bb14-5937cd530fe6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).