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Bill Actions
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| Bill Number | Chamber | Description | Governor's Action | Signed Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5004 | Senate | Relating to making updates to the Washington business corporation act. | Signed | Thu, May 11, 2023 |
| 5103 | Senate | Relating to payment to acute care hospitals for difficult to discharge medicaid patients who do not need acute care but who are waiting in the hospital to be appropriately and timely discharged to postacute and community settings. | Signed | Thu, May 4, 2023 |
| 5491 | Senate | Relating to allowing for residential buildings of a certain height to be served by a single exit under certain conditions. | Signed | Tue, May 9, 2023 |
| 5700 | Senate | Relating to modernization of state health care authority-related laws. | Signed | Thu, Apr 6, 2023 |
| 5236 | Senate | Relating to improving nurse and health care worker safety and patient care by establishing minimum staffing standards in hospitals, requiring hospital staffing committees to develop staffing plans, addressing mandatory overtime and meal and rest breaks, and providing for enforcement. | Signed | Thu, Apr 20, 2023 |
| 5389 | Senate | Relating to the practice of optometry, including expanding the optometric scope of practice to include specified procedures not including the use of lasers, requiring a licensing endorsement to perform these procedures that is based upon mandated educational criteria and hands-on training, and amending the board of optometry's operating procedures. | Signed | Tue, May 9, 2023 |
| 5145 | Senate | Relating to clarifying existing law regarding liability protections associated with public recreational use of lands or waters under a hydroelectric license issued by the federal energy regulatory commission. | Signed | Tue, Apr 25, 2023 |
| 5523 | Senate | Relating to addressing the forensic pathologist shortage. | Signed | Thu, May 11, 2023 |
| 5683 | Senate | Relating to child-specific foster care licenses for placement of an Indian child in the custody of a federally recognized tribe or the tribe's child placing agency. | Signed | Thu, Apr 20, 2023 |
| 5459 | Senate | Relating to requests for records containing election information. | Signed | Tue, May 9, 2023 |
| 5278 | Senate | Relating to implementing audit recommendations to reduce barriers to home care aide certification. | Signed | Thu, May 4, 2023 |
| 5320 | Senate | Relating to journey level electrician certifications of competency. | Signed | Fri, Apr 14, 2023 |
| 5192 | Senate | Relating to authorizing administrative law judges to substitute for pollution control hearings board members in deciding derelict vessel appeals. | Signed | Thu, Apr 6, 2023 |
| 5293 | Senate | Relating to accounts. | Signed | Thu, May 11, 2023 |
| 5156 | Senate | Relating to expanding the farm internship program. | Signed | Thu, May 4, 2023 |
| 5394 | Senate | Relating to malpractice insurance for international medical graduate supervisors. | Signed | Thu, Mar 30, 2023 |
| 5261 | Senate | Relating to deadlines concerning permits, licenses, or endorsements of cemetery authorities. | Signed | Tue, Apr 25, 2023 |
| 5447 | Senate | Relating to promoting the alternative jet fuel industry in Washington. | Signed | Wed, May 3, 2023 |
| 5144 | Senate | Relating to providing for responsible environmental management of batteries. | Signed | Thu, May 11, 2023 |
| 5128 | Senate | Relating to jury diversity. | Signed | Thu, May 4, 2023 |
| 5528 | Senate | Relating to retainage requirements for private construction projects. | Signed | Tue, May 9, 2023 |
| 5058 | Senate | Relating to exempting buildings with 12 or fewer units that are no more than two stories from the definition of multiunit residential building. | Signed | Thu, May 4, 2023 |
| 5390 | Senate | Relating to establishing a programmatic safe harbor agreement on forestlands. | Signed | Thu, Apr 20, 2023 |
| 5398 | Senate | Relating to domestic violence funding allocation. | Signed | Tue, May 9, 2023 |
| 5282 | Senate | Relating to authorizing vehicle dealers to file a report of sale. | Signed | Thu, May 4, 2023 |