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WA SB 5568

enacted

Updating and modernizing the Washington state health plan.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WA SB 5568 pass?

Yes. WA SB 5568 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-20. Latest recorded action (2025-05-20): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA SB 5568 about?

WA SB 5568 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Updating and modernizing the Washington state health plan.”.

Who sponsors WA SB 5568?

Cleveland is the primary sponsor of WA SB 5568, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-05-20 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Clevelandprimary
  • Riccellicosponsor
  • Noblescosponsor
  • Cortescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-29

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-06

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

  3. 2025-02-13

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

  4. 2025-02-13

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

    substitution

  5. 2025-02-13

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  6. 2025-02-14

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  7. 2025-02-19

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

    reading-2

  8. 2025-02-26

    1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 25).

    substitution

  9. 2025-02-26

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    reading-3

  10. 2025-02-26

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 3.

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  11. 2025-02-28

    First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.

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  12. 2025-03-14

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.

  13. 2025-03-19

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

  14. 2025-03-19

    HCW - Majority; do pass.

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  15. 2025-03-19

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  16. 2025-03-21

    Referred to Appropriations.

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  17. 2025-04-02

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.

  18. 2025-04-04

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  19. 2025-04-04

    APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

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  20. 2025-04-04

    Minority; do not pass.

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  21. 2025-04-04

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  22. 2025-04-08

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  23. 2025-04-14

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

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  24. 2025-04-15

    Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  25. 2025-04-15

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  26. 2025-04-15

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  27. 2025-04-23

    Senate concurred in House amendments.

  28. 2025-04-23

    Passed final passage; yeas, 34; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1.

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  29. 2025-04-24

    President signed.

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  30. 2025-04-24

    Speaker signed.

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  31. 2025-04-25

    Delivered to Governor.

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  32. 2025-05-20

    Governor signed.

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  33. 2025-05-20

    Chapter 388, 2025 Laws.

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  34. 2025-05-20

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)

    2025-02-26 · pass · 37-9

    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: yes
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: other
    • Holy: other
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • 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: other
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: yes

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17)

    2025-04-15 · pass · 59-38

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

  • Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5)

    2025-04-23 · pass · 34-13

    Member-level votes (48)
    • 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: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: no
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: yes
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: other
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: no
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: no
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

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Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5568&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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