---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning dental coverage for Pacific islanders residing in Washington."
description: "Concerning dental coverage for Pacific islanders residing in Washington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5274"
citation: "Washington SB 5274 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hasegawa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1893c656-13d9-4277-a350-2240f04269a2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5274&year=2019"
source_hash: "35dffb5df52dab70ea5aad83c849ebd3ca36b5c9204ed8fc83dafe9275de01d4"
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 5274 (2019-2020) — Concerning dental coverage for Pacific islanders residing in Washington.

## 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/5274.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5274.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22) — **59–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hasegawa — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — 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.
- **2019-02-06** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-24** House insists on its position and asks Senate to concur.
- **2019-04-25** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 311, 2019 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-30T18:30:00+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
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1893c656-13d9-4277-a350-2240f04269a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).