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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reinstating the authority of the department of social and health services and the health care authority to purchase interpreter services for applicants and recipients of public assistance who are sensory-impaired."
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description: "Reinstating the authority of the department of social and health services and the health care authority to purchase interpreter services for applicants and recipients of public assistance who are sensory-impaired."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2019-2020"
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identifier: "SB 5558"
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citation: "Washington SB 5558 (2019-2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DEAF", "PROFESSIONS", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-01-23"
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last_action: "2019-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950b6f57-4194-4ad1-8810-8ab55173aa89"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5558&year=2019"
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source_hash: "3b3e44d3bb820c3782b0b148f44ded47dc8bb3454770956d53aadfa409438db0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5558 (2019-2020) — Reinstating the authority of the department of social and health services and the health care authority to purchase interpreter services for applicants and recipients of public assistance who are sensory-impaired.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5558.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage (#6) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Saldaña — primary (person)
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- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
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- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
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- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-12** HSRR - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2019-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-27** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-22** HSEL - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-03-26** Referred to Appropriations.
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- **2019-04-06** APP - Majority; do pass.
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- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-15** President signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2019-04-22** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2019-04-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-26** Chapter 152, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2019-04-26** Effective date 4/26/2019. `became-law`
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- **2019-01-31T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-03-19T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
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- **2019-04-05T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
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- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950b6f57-4194-4ad1-8810-8ab55173aa89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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