republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-6286.md

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Bill	Addressing the anesthesia workforce shortage by reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of certified registered nurse anesthetists in Washington.	Addressing the anesthesia workforce shortage by reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of certified registered nurse anesthetists in Washington.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 6286	Washington SB 6286 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Rivers	4	35	2	2024-01-22	2024-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/3f35ad6d-0bc2-4e59-a784-5381b98cca97	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6286&year=2023	3674d68c1fe01612c36b6a5a89ebbb0c3fd4809a3a73474dd710d7ec87ec0fea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6286 (2023-2024) — Addressing the anesthesia workforce shortage by reducing barriers and expanding educational opportunities to increase the supply of certified registered nurse anesthetists in Washington.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — 44–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rivers — primary (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Dozier — cosponsor (person)
• L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Nobles — cosponsor (person)
• Padden — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-30 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-30 HLTC - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-30 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-03 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 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 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 24). substitution
• 2024-02-07 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-09 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.
• 2024-02-20 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken 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. committee-passage-favorable
• 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. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 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
• 2024-03-29 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-29 Chapter 363, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-29 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f35ad6d-0bc2-4e59-a784-5381b98cca97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).