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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the definition of family member for individual providers."
description: "Expanding the definition of family member for individual providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5811"
citation: "Washington SB 5811 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kauffman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-12-07"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73792e44-a3c1-411c-8f6b-4c532cb67a73"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5811&year=2023"
source_hash: "ebea34e277a1d743e85db48beeeabc3fa84a9fc4d742a5bbcb1760d05e90e490"
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 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](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5811.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5811.PL.htm)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73792e44-a3c1-411c-8f6b-4c532cb67a73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).