WA SB 5947
died on adjournmentEstablishing the Washington health care board.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did WA SB 5947 pass?
No. WA SB 5947 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-12): By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
What is WA SB 5947 about?
WA SB 5947 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Establishing the Washington health care board.”.
Who sponsors WA SB 5947?
Hasegawa is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5947, joined by 6 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-12 — By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Hasegawaprimary
- Riccellicosponsor
- Orwallcosponsor
- Saldañacosponsor
- Batemancosponsor
- Hasegawacosponsor
- Chapmancosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-29
Prefiled for introduction.
filing
2026-01-12
First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-29
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
2026-02-03
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
2026-02-03
HLTC - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-03
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-04
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-10
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-02-17
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-17
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-17
Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-02-19
First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-03-12
By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6)
2026-02-17 · pass · 30-19
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: no
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Hunt: yes
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: yes
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: yes
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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