republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/sb-5232.md

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Bill	Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program.	Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	SB 5232	Washington SB 5232 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	C. Wilson	4	36	3	2025-01-14	2025-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/e88b7b00-8273-461d-a7f2-4f24cb14bc40	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5232&Year=2025&Initiative=false	3255a743653d2bc8726d386e9bc4903bba4508a1f36e982e57aff08b947ea4ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5232 (2025-2026) — Updating eligible uses for the essential needs and housing support program.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — 31–18 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — 59–38 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — 30–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. Wilson — primary (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 First reading, referred to Human Services. reading-1
• 2025-01-22 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-01-29 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-01-29 HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-01-29 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-01-29 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-01-30 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-02-12 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-02-25 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 25). substitution
• 2025-02-25 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-02-25 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-02-25 Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-02-28 First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. reading-1
• 2025-03-14 Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-03-19 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-03-19 ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-19 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-19 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-05 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-04-05 APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Early Learning & Human Services. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-05 Minority; do not pass. 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
• 2025-04-14 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2025-04-14 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-14 Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2025-04-18 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2025-04-18 Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2025-04-19 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-22 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-23 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-20 Governor partially vetoed. executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-05-20 Chapter 408, 2025 Laws PV. became-law
• 2025-05-20 Effective date 7/27/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e88b7b00-8273-461d-a7f2-4f24cb14bc40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).