---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning physician credentialing in telemedicine services."
description: "Concerning physician credentialing in telemedicine services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5387"
citation: "Washington SB 5387 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE", "HOSPITALS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bdb5802-f7a1-44de-b078-7720166dc548"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5387&year=2019"
source_hash: "0c084850dc62fb559bdb5aac20941b13dcc77b78edb7a167618ce6d86f43b871"
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 5387 (2019-2020) — Concerning physician credentialing in telemedicine services.

## 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/5387.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#11) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Becker — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, L. — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** 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.
- **2019-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** 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 49, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** 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
- **2019-03-07T13:30:00+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/9bdb5802-f7a1-44de-b078-7720166dc548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).