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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reviewing the state's essential health benefits."
+description: "Reviewing the state's essential health benefits."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 5338"
+citation: "Washington SB 5338 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d58c90f5-f3a0-48b6-904d-b87d6071f260"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5338&year=2023"
+source_hash: "6e1619996bedc0350b51329c39da10fb76a6dfc0709e3996209c9b189c1f0e5d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington SB 5338 (2023-2024) — Reviewing the state's essential health benefits.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5338.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5338-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5338-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cleveland — primary (person)
+- Conway — cosponsor (person)
+- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
+- Randall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-01-24** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-01-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-25** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-10** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-28** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-10** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-20** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2023-03-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
+- **2023-04-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2023-04-05** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-13** Chapter 87, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-04-13** Effective date 4/13/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d58c90f5-f3a0-48b6-904d-b87d6071f260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+