republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5588.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative.	Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5588	Washington SB 5588 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Nobles	3	38	3	2023-01-26	2024-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/45f91c5a-2a47-453c-bc61-41914f3585c1	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5588&year=2023	812fffefe6ece1ffbf774c24131a9be92cfca9911c0700055938fcffae3c37fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5588 (2023-2024) — Concerning the mental health sentencing alternative.

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
3. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — 30–19 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#32) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nobles — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
• Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-26 First reading, referred to Law & Justice. reading-1
• 2023-02-14 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
• 2023-02-16 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-02-16 LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-02-16 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-17 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 (LAW 23). substitution
• 2024-01-24 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-01-24 Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-05 First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
• 2024-02-20 CSJR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 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 with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Committee amendment not adopted. amendment-failure
• 2024-03-01 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2024-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2024-03-05 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2024-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-29 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-29 Chapter 373, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-29 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45f91c5a-2a47-453c-bc61-41914f3585c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).