republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5177.md

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Bill	Requiring long-term care workers to be trained to recognize hearing loss.	Requiring long-term care workers to be trained to recognize hearing loss.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5177	Washington SB 5177 (2017-2018)	bill	LONG-TERM CARE	enacted	Bailey	1	21	3	2017-01-16	2017-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/520d874c-b932-4e46-90e3-4d257d98ae45	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5177&year=2017	cc01a719063ee167370ab9fbbee531f35934357e076c0fa54f791938853a8dd4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5177 (2017-2018) — Requiring long-term care workers to be trained to recognize hearing loss.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 First reading, referred to Health Care. reading-1
• 2017-02-02 HLTH - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-03 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-23 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-23 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-02-24 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-15 HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-05 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-10 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2017-04-10 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-10 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-13 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2017-04-13 Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2017-04-17 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-19 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-05 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-05 Chapter 216, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-05 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/520d874c-b932-4e46-90e3-4d257d98ae45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).