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type: "Bill"
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title: "Providing timely competency evaluations and restoration services to persons suffering from behavioral health disorders."
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description: "Providing timely competency evaluations and restoration services to persons suffering from behavioral health disorders."
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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 5440"
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citation: "Washington SB 5440 (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: ["Dhingra"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-18"
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last_action: "2023-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13bfbdb5-1c34-478e-ab77-6c9511e6c4de"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5440&year=2023"
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source_hash: "2a78ea1a217a9b00ef9b5b67d00300ce374b45270420cf6bb1213feccdd1bd70"
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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 5440 (2023-2024) — Providing timely competency evaluations and restoration services to persons suffering from behavioral health disorders.
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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/5440.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5440-S2.E.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5440-S2.htm)
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4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5440-S2.PL.htm)
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5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5440-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **61–34** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **79–18** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **44–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dhingra — primary (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-02** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
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- **2023-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
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- **2023-02-16** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2023-02-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
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- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
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- **2023-02-23** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2023-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
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- **2023-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-03-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Civil Rights & Judiciary. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2023-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Civil Rights & Judiciary. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
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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, 61; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-14** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
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- **2023-04-21** House receded from amendments.
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- **2023-04-21** Returned to second reading for amendment.
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- **2023-04-21** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-21** Third reading, passed; yeas, 79; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2023-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
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- **2023-04-23** President signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-15** Chapter 453, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2023-05-15** Effective date 7/23/2023*. `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/13bfbdb5-1c34-478e-ab77-6c9511e6c4de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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