WA SB 5118

enacted

Updating the requirements for the clinical experience license for international medical graduates.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5118 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5118 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-04. Latest recorded action (2025-04-04): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5118 about?

WA SB 5118 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Updating the requirements for the clinical experience license for international medical graduates.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5118?

Valdez is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5118, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2025-04-04 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-12-27
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2025-01-13
First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-31
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-06
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-14
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-14
HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-18
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-02-19
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-02-26
1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 25).
substitution
2025-02-26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-02-26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.
reading-3
2025-02-28
First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-14
Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
2025-03-19
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-19
HCW - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-19
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-03-21
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-03-26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-03-26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2025-03-28
President signed.
passage
2025-03-31
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-01
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-04
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-04
Chapter 3, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-04-04
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7)
2025-02-26 · pass · 47-0
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: other
- 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: other
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: yes
- Warnick: yes
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)
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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5118&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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