---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of nurses in Washington."
description: "Reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of nurses in Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5582"
citation: "Washington SB 5582 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb0fef1d-9855-4d96-bab2-e3ca4598cb7f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5582&year=2023"
source_hash: "fe12c152007d8a2fc9e4dc4bdd3219c6b442412f87e5c91ae9e791bad1c62d80"
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 5582 (2023-2024) — Reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of nurses in Washington.

## 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/5582.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5582-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5582-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5582-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5582-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holy — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Padden — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-08** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-08** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-03** 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, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-24** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** 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. `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 126, 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/fb0fef1d-9855-4d96-bab2-e3ca4598cb7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).