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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing the sunset provisions on the medicaid fraud false claims act."
description: "Removing the sunset provisions on the medicaid fraud false claims act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5163"
citation: "Washington SB 5163 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rivers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e39f1552-ef36-41a1-a262-be8a027f24e5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5163&year=2023"
source_hash: "28ac558391202ae482237ed81a0da137f00c85bc660da23cd3c7b97c14cac65c"
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 5163 (2023-2024) — Removing the sunset provisions on the medicaid fraud false claims 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5163.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5163.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rivers — primary (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-02** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-09** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2023-02-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-24** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Chapter 90, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-14** Effective date 4/14/2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e39f1552-ef36-41a1-a262-be8a027f24e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).