---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notifying purchasers of hearing instruments about uses and benefits of telecoil and bluetooth technology."
description: "Notifying purchasers of hearing instruments about uses and benefits of telecoil and bluetooth technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5210"
citation: "Washington SB 5210 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Palumbo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10ad8548-40d2-4320-b463-90afbcee3581"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5210&year=2019"
source_hash: "808eccc877dcab2a0dc38a1b2f8a2f3ac93fa8d01686dc452f0acb023f3fd064"
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 5210 (2019-2020) — Notifying purchasers of hearing instruments about uses and benefits of telecoil and bluetooth technology.

## 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/5210.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5210.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#20) — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **44–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Palumbo — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 183, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-27T17:30:00+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/10ad8548-40d2-4320-b463-90afbcee3581`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).