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WA SB 5557

enacted

Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5557 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5557 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-29. Latest recorded action (2025-04-29): Effective date 4/29/2025.

What is WA SB 5557 about?

WA SB 5557 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Codifying emergency rules to protect the right of a pregnant person to access treatment for emergency medical conditions in hospital emergency departments.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5557?

Krishnadasan is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5557, joined by 16 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-29 — Effective date 4/29/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Krishnadasanprimary
  • Trudeaucosponsor
  • Pedersencosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Liiascosponsor
  • Hasegawacosponsor
  • Framecosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor
  • Valdezcosponsor
  • Lovelettcosponsor
  • Orwallcosponsor
  • Saldañacosponsor
  • C. Wilsoncosponsor
  • Slattercosponsor
  • Kauffmancosponsor
  • Dhingracosponsor
  • Stanfordcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-28

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

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  2. 2025-02-07

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

  3. 2025-02-20

    Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.

  4. 2025-02-21

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

  5. 2025-02-21

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

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  6. 2025-02-21

    Minority; do not pass.

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  7. 2025-02-21

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  8. 2025-02-21

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  9. 2025-03-03

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  10. 2025-03-05

    1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 25).

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  11. 2025-03-05

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  12. 2025-03-05

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  13. 2025-03-05

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0.

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  14. 2025-03-07

    First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.

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  15. 2025-03-19

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

  16. 2025-03-26

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

  17. 2025-03-26

    HCW - Majority; do pass.

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  18. 2025-03-26

    Minority; do not pass.

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  19. 2025-03-26

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  20. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  21. 2025-04-08

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

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  22. 2025-04-11

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  23. 2025-04-11

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 2.

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  24. 2025-04-18

    President signed.

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  25. 2025-04-18

    Speaker signed.

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  26. 2025-04-22

    Delivered to Governor.

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  27. 2025-04-29

    Governor signed.

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  28. 2025-04-29

    Chapter 182, 2025 Laws.

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  29. 2025-04-29

    Effective date 4/29/2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15)

    2025-03-05 · pass · 30-19

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: no
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: no
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: no
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: no
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: no
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: no
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: no
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2)

    2025-04-11 · pass · 84-12

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: yes
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: yes
    • Barnard: yes
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: yes
    • Connors: yes
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: yes
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: yes
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: yes
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: yes
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: yes
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: yes
    • Hackney: yes
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: yes
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: yes
    • Klicker: yes
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: yes
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: yes
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: other
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: other
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: yes
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: yes
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • 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: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: yes
    • Waters: yes
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5557&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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