WA SB 5395

enacted

Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5395 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5395 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-23. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Effective date 6/11/2026*.

What is WA SB 5395 about?

WA SB 5395 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Making improvements to transparency and accountability in the prior authorization determination process.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5395?

Orwall is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5395, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-23 — Effective date 6/11/2026*.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-21
First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-07
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-21
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
2025-02-21
HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-02-21
And refer to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-21
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-02-21
Referred to Ways & Means.
referral-committee
2025-02-26
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-02-28
Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2026-01-12
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
2026-01-27
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
2026-01-27
WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2026-01-27
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-01-29
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2026-02-06
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2026-02-11
2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 26).
substitution
2026-02-11
Floor amendment(s) adopted.
2026-02-11
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-02-11
Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0.
reading-3
2026-02-14
First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-18
Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-25
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
2026-02-25
HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-25
Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2026-02-25
Referred to Appropriations.
referral-committee
2026-02-27
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-03-02
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
2026-03-02
APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2026-03-04
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2026-03-04
Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
2026-03-04
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2026-03-04
Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
2026-03-09
Senate concurred in House amendments.
2026-03-09
Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
passage
2026-03-10
President signed.
passage
2026-03-11
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-12
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2026-03-23
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-23
Chapter 157, 2026 Laws.
became-law
2026-03-23
Effective date 6/11/2026*.
became-law

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Documents

Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15)
2026-02-11 · pass · 48-1
Member-level votes (49)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- 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
- Hunt: 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
- 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
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#24)
2026-03-04 · 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: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hill: 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: yes
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: other
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: other
- 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: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: yes
- Stokesbary: yes
- Stonier: yes
- Street: yes
- Stuebe: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: other
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Volz: yes
- Walen: other
- Walsh: yes
- Waters: yes
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: yes
- Zahn: yes
Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15)
2026-03-09 · 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
- Hunt: 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
- 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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5395&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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