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type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the behavioral health workforce by establishing a reciprocity program to increase the portability of behavioral health licenses and certifications."
description: "Increasing the behavioral health workforce by establishing a reciprocity program to increase the portability of behavioral health licenses and certifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5054"
citation: "Washington SB 5054 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Ban"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-24"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c6c9777-f91e-4c3e-b2e3-32a06b24bdc1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5054&year=2019"
source_hash: "6045c4c79c1f97ba2caad6e5c873b4108a993fc1a9b4514d7cc7e018e9969e38"
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 5054 (2019-2020) — Increasing the behavioral health workforce by establishing a reciprocity program to increase the portability of behavioral health licenses and certifications.
## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5054.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- O'Ban — primary (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-12-24** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 351, 2019 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-30T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c6c9777-f91e-4c3e-b2e3-32a06b24bdc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).