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WA SB 5051

enacted

Consolidating regulatory authority for nursing assistants.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5051 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5051 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-04-04): Effective date 7/1/2026*.

What is WA SB 5051 about?

WA SB 5051 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Consolidating regulatory authority for nursing assistants.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5051?

Bateman is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5051, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-04 — Effective date 7/1/2026*.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Batemanprimary
  • Wellmancosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Clevelandcosponsor
  • Riccellicosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-04

    Effective date 7/1/2026*.

    became-law

  2. 2025-04-04

    Chapter 5, 2025 Laws.

    became-law

  3. 2025-04-04

    Governor signed.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-01

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-03-31

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-03-28

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-03-26

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  8. 2025-03-26

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-03-25

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  10. 2025-03-20

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-03-18

    HCW - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-18

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.

  13. 2025-03-14

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.

  14. 2025-02-11

    First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  15. 2025-02-07

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  16. 2025-02-07

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  17. 2025-01-29

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  18. 2025-01-27

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  19. 2025-01-24

    HLTC - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-01-24

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.

  21. 2025-01-21

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.

  22. 2025-01-13

    First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  23. 2024-12-13

    Prefiled for introduction.

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8)

    2025-02-07 · pass · 49-0

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: yes
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: yes
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: yes
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: yes
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: yes
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: yes
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes
  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3)

    2025-03-26 · pass · 98-0

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: yes
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: yes
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: yes
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: yes
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: yes
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: yes
    • McClintock: yes
    • McEntire: yes
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: yes
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: yes
    • Schmidt: yes
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: yes
    • Stokesbary: yes
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: yes
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: yes
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: yes
    • Zahn: yes

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