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type: "Bill"
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title: "Making permanent and expanding the child welfare housing assistance program."
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description: "Making permanent and expanding the child welfare housing assistance program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "SB 5256"
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citation: "Washington SB 5256 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Saldaña"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-11"
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last_action: "2023-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7d7b06c-865a-480e-a2f6-e525ade4b166"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5256&year=2023"
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source_hash: "d0dd6d30e5b66a93f766d289957a20d30f06e69f7eae7d66f3e25a8cf07a0170"
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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 5256 (2023-2024) — Making permanent and expanding the child welfare housing assistance program.
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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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5256.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5256-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5256-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Saldaña — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
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- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-01-31** HS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2023-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
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- **2023-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
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- **2023-02-20** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (HS 23). `substitution`
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- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:30 AM.
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- **2023-03-17** HSEL - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-17** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-03-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2023-04-03** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
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- **2023-04-06** Placed on second reading suspension calendar. `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-11** Removed from Suspension Calendar
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- **2023-04-11** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Chapter 321, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2023-05-04** Effective date 6/30/2023. `became-law`
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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/d7d7b06c-865a-480e-a2f6-e525ade4b166`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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