republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5920.md

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Bill	Lifting certificate of need requirements for psychiatric hospitals and beds.	Lifting certificate of need requirements for psychiatric hospitals and beds.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5920	Washington SB 5920 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Padden	3	25	2	2023-12-29	2024-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/1f528180-489b-4cdc-8a68-32100517b786	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5920&year=2023	eb015159b70db529925d40a195d3d76e01857054d4db2197034ccfa7204b82be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5920 (2023-2024) — Lifting certificate of need requirements for psychiatric hospitals and beds.

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 (#38) — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Padden — primary (person)
• Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
• Keiser — cosponsor (person)
• L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Warnick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-29 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2024-01-18 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-23 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-25 HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-29 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-07 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 24). substitution
• 2024-02-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2024-02-09 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-20 HCW - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2024-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-18 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-18 Chapter 165, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-18 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f528180-489b-4cdc-8a68-32100517b786. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).