republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5970.md

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Bill	Modifying local board of health county commissioner membership.	Modifying local board of health county commissioner membership.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5970	Washington SB 5970 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Hunt	2	23	2	2024-01-04	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/42cca50d-f034-4b1c-9a07-bdc5c7bc35de	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5970&year=2023	ef890598af7fd2ae6308417899a47c9b3349eded23ce23e8fe1e1885ff61ba84	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5970 (2023-2024) — Modifying local board of health county commissioner membership.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hunt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs. reading-1
• 2024-01-16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-01-25 LGLT - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-01-30 Placed on second reading consent calendar. reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-08 First reading, referred to Local Government. reading-1
• 2024-02-14 Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-16 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-16 LG - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-22 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-22 Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2024-02-28 President signed. passage
• 2024-02-29 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-13 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-13 Chapter 37, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-13 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42cca50d-f034-4b1c-9a07-bdc5c7bc35de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).