republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/sb-5765.md

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Bill	Concerning the practice of midwifery.	Concerning the practice of midwifery.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	SB 5765	Washington SB 5765 (2021-2022)	bill	HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS WOMEN	enacted	Randall	2	29	2	2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/67896b90-7c01-4291-bf78-68fc8ee361b4	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5765&year=2021	9b5d93b58869987f0f0ae4ebd37777a7fee57bfda79a983057fced11e132f3ed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5765 (2021-2022) — Concerning the practice of midwifery.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — 61–37 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — 27–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Randall — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Das — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
• Mullet — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Trudeau — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 22). substitution
• 2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 HCW - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 289, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 6/9/2022. became-law
• 2022-01-26T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
• 2022-01-28T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
• 2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
• 2022-02-23T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67896b90-7c01-4291-bf78-68fc8ee361b4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).