---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning medicare supplemental insurance policies."
description: "Concerning medicare supplemental insurance policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5032"
citation: "Washington SB 5032 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-21"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dd9b152-49bf-4d82-93ee-60697634a3b8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5032&year=2019"
source_hash: "4f41c38eda451078afaaffdf72e70e9ef51092660bd1198966a029cb6ab00dc8"
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 5032 (2019-2020) — Concerning medicare supplemental insurance policies.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5032.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#3) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-21** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-21** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-29** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-04** Placed on third reading.
- **2019-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 38, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-01-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-07T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dd9b152-49bf-4d82-93ee-60697634a3b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).