---
type: "Bill"
title: "Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission."
description: "Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5291"
citation: "Washington SB 5291 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b46093f6-e167-43c9-8ae5-6ec985b6aea0"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5291&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6013f54cf140eea692921c8cec8e5b207c80512e61510a32e97e5257898d2715"
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 5291 (2025-2026) — Implementing the recommendations of the long-term services and supports trust commission.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5291.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5291-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5291-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5291-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **78–16** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **35–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-31** LC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (LC 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 38; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:30 AM.
- **2025-03-28** ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Early Learning & Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 380, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 1/1/2026*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b46093f6-e167-43c9-8ae5-6ec985b6aea0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).