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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the uniform emergency volunteer health practitioners act."
description: "Enacting the uniform emergency volunteer health practitioners act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5990"
citation: "Washington SB 5990 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "VETERINARIANS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES", "EMERGENCY", "STATE OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van De Wege"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-04"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa9af38-4418-48a3-a6c2-330a5848c895"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5990&year=2017"
source_hash: "b6e0e3ab7b1908e89db413f878cf2929baf714c70416ecb38f3d5a0e7ed0f654"
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 5990 (2017-2018) — Enacting the uniform emergency volunteer health practitioners act.
## 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/5990.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5990-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5990-S.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage (#4) — **953** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **444** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Van De Wege — primary (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-12-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-01-30** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-23** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-01-30** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 184, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6aa9af38-4418-48a3-a6c2-330a5848c895`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).