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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the personal needs allowance for persons receiving state-financed care."
description: "Increasing the personal needs allowance for persons receiving state-financed care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5118"
citation: "Washington SB 5118 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LONG-TERM CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rolfes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9427acb6-245e-4fe6-bdce-c78283605661"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5118&year=2017"
source_hash: "50f41677ad4c88b44ee22228a4d7e1fbfed0443ef1eba122ffefbf5c80e1b25e"
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 5118 (2017-2018) — Increasing the personal needs allowance for persons receiving state-financed care.
## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5118.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage (#9) — **961** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **490** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Rolfes — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-10** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** Chapter 270, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-10** Effective date 7/1/2017*. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9427acb6-245e-4fe6-bdce-c78283605661`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).