---
type: "Bill"
title: "Delaying the use of the ASAM 4 criteria, treatment criteria for addictive, substance related, and co-occurring conditions."
description: "Delaying the use of the ASAM 4 criteria, treatment criteria for addictive, substance related, and co-occurring conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5361"
citation: "Washington SB 5361 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9ae9b34-1610-4b30-b32e-24bead8d6fda"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5361&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c0e42a8cf3fdd82224e5e888c4731f06977b9e82b8cfe53f62decb626aafe125"
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 5361 (2025-2026) — Delaying the use of the ASAM 4 criteria, treatment criteria for addictive, substance related, and co-occurring conditions.

## 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/5361.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5361.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-30** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-01-30** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-18** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-25** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 335, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9ae9b34-1610-4b30-b32e-24bead8d6fda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).