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type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting access to abortion medications by authorizing the department of corrections to acquire, sell, deliver, distribute, and dispense abortion medications."
description: "Protecting access to abortion medications by authorizing the department of corrections to acquire, sell, deliver, distribute, and dispense abortion medications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5768"
citation: "Washington SB 5768 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keiser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2023-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/327c02d1-75da-4ffd-9259-2305edfa0f06"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5768&year=2023"
source_hash: "808b0cba8730a31a3e475650f89b6a3830eb4c0e458be12d76535a5f3d491b78"
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 5768 (2023-2024) — Protecting access to abortion medications by authorizing the department of corrections to acquire, sell, deliver, distribute, and dispense abortion medications.
## 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/5768.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5768.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **28–18** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **55–40** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Keiser — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-05** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:30 PM.
- **2023-04-12** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:30 PM.
- **2023-04-12** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 12:30 PM.
- **2023-04-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 12:30 PM.
- **2023-04-19** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27** Chapter 195, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-27** Effective date 4/27/2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/327c02d1-75da-4ffd-9259-2305edfa0f06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).