---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the availability of quality, affordable health coverage in the individual market."
description: "Increasing the availability of quality, affordable health coverage in the individual market."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5526"
citation: "Washington SB 5526 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frockt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb95b469-013a-43c3-b26a-9b7a7b6e9495"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5526&year=2019"
source_hash: "c04142089f8274186cf2ad6a4b9a8628d00b01321909a0043ad612301c51fc12"
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 5526 (2019-2020) — Increasing the availability of quality, affordable health coverage in the individual market.

## 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/5526.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5526-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5526-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **54–38** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#1) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#8) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 576 Caldier Pg 5 Ln 26 (#24) — **41–51** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frockt — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hobbs — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health & Long Term Care.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health & Long Term Care.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-08** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness.
- **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.
- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House for conference thereon.
- **2019-04-18** Conference committee appointed. Senators Cleveland, Frockt, O'Ban.
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee request granted.
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Cody, Macri, Schmick.
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report; received 1:37 PM 4/26/2019.
- **2019-04-26** Conference committee report; received 2:10 PM 4/26/2019.
- **2019-04-27** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2019-04-27** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-27** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 364, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T22:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 05:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **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/fb95b469-013a-43c3-b26a-9b7a7b6e9495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).