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WA SB 5351

enacted

Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WA SB 5351 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5351 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-12): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5351 about?

WA SB 5351 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5351?

King is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5351, joined by 14 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-12 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Kingprimary
  • Shewmakecosponsor
  • Holycosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Conwaycosponsor
  • Salomoncosponsor
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Christiancosponsor
  • Orwallcosponsor
  • Muzzallcosponsor
  • Clevelandcosponsor
  • Chapmancosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-12

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-05-12

    Chapter 219, 2025 Laws PV.

    became-law

  3. 2025-05-12

    Governor partially vetoed.

    executive-veto-line-item

  4. 2025-04-22

    Delivered to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-18

    Speaker signed.

    passage

  6. 2025-04-16

    President signed.

    passage

  7. 2025-04-11

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.

    reading-3

  8. 2025-04-11

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  9. 2025-04-10

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    reading-2

  10. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-04-05

    APP - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-04-05

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  13. 2025-04-03

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  14. 2025-03-27

    Referred to Appropriations.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-03-25

    HCW - Majority; do pass.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-03-25

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.

  17. 2025-03-19

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.

  18. 2025-03-12

    First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  19. 2025-03-10

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

    reading-3

  20. 2025-03-10

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  21. 2025-03-10

    1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 25).

    substitution

  22. 2025-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  23. 2025-02-21

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  24. 2025-02-21

    Minority; without recommendation.

    committee-passage-unfavorable

  25. 2025-02-21

    HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    substitution

  26. 2025-02-21

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.

  27. 2025-01-30

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.

  28. 2025-01-17

    First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.

    reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5)

    2025-03-10 · pass · 49-0

    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: yes
    • 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: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17)

    2025-04-11 · pass · 94-0

    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: other
    • 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: other
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • 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: other
    • 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

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5351&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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