republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5811.md

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Bill	Expanding the definition of family member for individual providers.	Expanding the definition of family member for individual providers.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5811	Washington SB 5811 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Kauffman	2	45	4	2023-12-07	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/73792e44-a3c1-411c-8f6b-4c532cb67a73	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5811&year=2023	ebea34e277a1d743e85db48beeeabc3fa84a9fc4d742a5bbcb1760d05e90e490	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5811 (2023-2024) — Expanding the definition of family member for individual providers.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — 58–38 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — 32–16 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — 30–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kauffman — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
• Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-07 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-18 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-18 HLTC - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-18 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
• 2024-02-05 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 WM - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-05 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-05 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-05 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-09 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2024-02-20 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-21 HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 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 Health Care & Wellness. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2024-02-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
• 2024-03-06 House receded from amendments.
• 2024-03-06 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2024-03-06 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-03-07 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2024-03-07 Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Chapter 322, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-28 Effective date 6/6/2024*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73792e44-a3c1-411c-8f6b-4c532cb67a73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).