WA SB 5079

enacted

Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5079 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5079 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-17. Latest recorded action (2025-05-17): Effective date 7/1/2025.

What is WA SB 5079 about?

WA SB 5079 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Addressing the burden of unintentional overpayments on older adults and adults with disabilities served by the department of social and health services.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5079?

Muzzall is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5079, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-05-17 — Effective date 7/1/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-12-19
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Human Services.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-15
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-22
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
2025-01-22
HS - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-22
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-01-23
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-03
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-13
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2025-02-13
WM - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-18
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-19
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-25
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-25
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-02-27
First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-14
Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
2025-03-19
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-19
ELHS - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2025-04-02
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
2025-04-04
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-04
APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & Human Services.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-08
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-10
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-11
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
2025-04-11
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-11
Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
2025-04-11
Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
2025-04-11
Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-04-17
Senate concurred in House amendments.
2025-04-17
Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
passage
2025-04-19
President signed.
passage
2025-04-22
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-23
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-05-17
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-05-17
Chapter 331, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-17
Effective date 7/1/2025.
became-law

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19)
2025-02-25 · 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
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#18)
2025-04-11 · pass · 92-2
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: no
- 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: other
- 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: other
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- 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: other
- 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: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the House on Reconsideration (#20)
2025-04-11 · pass · 93-2
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: no
- 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: other
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- 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: other
- 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: no
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14)
2025-04-17 · 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

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5079&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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