WA People
BILL · 2015–16 SESSION

SB 5672: Nursing staffing, hospitals

Concerning nursing staffing practices at hospitals.

Summary

  • Establishes the Washington state patient safety act.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 28, 2015
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Steve Conway (D-29)
Introduced
January 28, 2015 in the Senate
Last action
March 10, 2016
Companion bill
HB 1733
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to nursing staffing practices at hospitals;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Steve Conway (D-29)

6 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Karen Keiser D-33Bob Hasegawa D-11Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Karen Fraser D-22Don Benton R-17Jeannie Darneille D-27

Votes

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

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  6. First reading, referred to Commerce & Labor.

SB 5672 in other sessions

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

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