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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning acupuncture and Eastern medicine."
description: "Concerning acupuncture and Eastern medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5018"
citation: "Washington SB 5018 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43243880-d458-4ddf-b29f-cc7385c395ff"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5018&year=2021"
source_hash: "46da90bc933d69cb202891993c2fe83a968d399e7523d0765ee9c463bf1a5881"
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 5018 (2021-2022) — Concerning acupuncture and Eastern medicine.
## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5018.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rivers — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-15T05:00:00+00:00** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 87, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2021-01-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-10T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43243880-d458-4ddf-b29f-cc7385c395ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).