republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5271.md

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Bill	Protecting patients in facilities regulated by the department of health by establishing uniform enforcement tools.	Protecting patients in facilities regulated by the department of health by establishing uniform enforcement tools.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5271	Washington SB 5271 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Cleveland	4	43	2	2023-01-11	2024-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/f23fd108-24b9-4715-8ddd-ab82f93317fc	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5271&year=2023	31eaac44752d4db04460808ade0b3e1ca8643d8b236fa5bfab020791557b0402	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5271 (2023-2024) — Protecting patients in facilities regulated by the department of health by establishing uniform enforcement tools.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — 61–35 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — 29–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cleveland — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-11 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2023-01-26 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
• 2023-02-07 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-02-07 HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-02-07 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2023-02-07 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-08 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2023-02-21 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2023-02-23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2023-02-23 WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health & Long Term Care. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-23 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-23 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2023-03-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2023-03-10 Senate Rules "X" file.
• 2024-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2024-01-08 On motion, referred to Rules.
• 2024-01-17 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-01-24 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 23). substitution
• 2024-01-24 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-01-24 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-01-24 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-05 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-20 HCW - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-20 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-26 APP - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2024-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-15 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-15 Chapter 121, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-15 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f23fd108-24b9-4715-8ddd-ab82f93317fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).