BILL · 2009–10 SESSION

SB 5656: Splitting DSHS into agencies

Splitting the department of social and health services into several smaller, more focused agencies.

Summary

Reorganizes the department of social and health services by creating new, smaller, and more focused agencies who will give the provision of welfare, juvenile, and medical and social rehabilitative services an improved focus and accountability. Creates the department of children and family services, the department of public welfare, and the department of medical and rehabilitative services.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to state government reorganization;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5656 (2025–26) Aquatic lease inflation rate · Enacted · Chapter 151, Laws of 2025
SB 5656 (2023–24) School security grants · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5656 (2021–22) Fish and wildlife commission · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5656 (2019–20) Public works contracting · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5656 (2017–18) Ending homelessness · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5656 (2015–16) Distracted driving incidents · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5656 (2013–14) Business licensing systems · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 5656 (2011–12) Indian child welfare act · Enacted · Chapter 309, Laws of 2011