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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating the definition of \"vaccine\" in RCW 70.290.010 to include all federal food and drug administration-approved immunizations recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention."
description: "Updating the definition of \"vaccine\" in RCW 70.290.010 to include all federal food and drug administration-approved immunizations recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5982"
citation: "Washington SB 5982 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c55327d-449e-42dc-b633-786ee481601b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5982&year=2023"
source_hash: "3ed0f7ef253a04f37d2d11a6bdfd361925badeeed4347bcc1b6f87f927bc2e10"
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 5982 (2023-2024) — Updating the definition of "vaccine" in RCW 70.290.010 to include all federal food and drug administration-approved immunizations recommended by the centers for disease control and prevention.
## 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/5982.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5982.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **61–32** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (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 Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-16** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-16** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-01-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-19** 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, 61; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 5. `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 41, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 3/13/2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c55327d-449e-42dc-b633-786ee481601b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).