republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5079.md

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Bill	Concerning dental health services in tribal settings.	Concerning dental health services in tribal settings.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5079	Washington SB 5079 (2017-2018)	bill	HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY INDIANS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY	enacted	McCoy	2	20	2	2017-01-12	2017-02-22	openstates	ocd-bill/e619f6e7-1cf4-47f1-af95-56ff7a515dfc	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5079&year=2017	77c9662c3d554ee42b8ea5f9160e1e2cf9a529ef99013c737b6562d30055c394	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5079 (2017-2018) — Concerning dental health services in tribal settings.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#13) — 80–18 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McCoy — primary (person)
• Bailey — cosponsor (person)
• Becker — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Darneille — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Rivers — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 First reading, referred to Health Care. reading-1
• 2017-01-19 HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-01-23 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-01 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-01-19 HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-01-23 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-01 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-02-03 Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-02-13 President signed. passage
• 2017-02-17 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-02-20 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-02-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-02-22 Chapter 5, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-02-22 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e619f6e7-1cf4-47f1-af95-56ff7a515dfc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).