---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating barriers to reproductive health care for all."
description: "Eliminating barriers to reproductive health care for all."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5602"
citation: "Washington SB 5602 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENDER IDENTITY", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "WOMEN", "HEALTH CARE", "IMMIGRATION", "IMMIGRANTS", "AND IMMIGRATION STATUS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "INSURANCE", "NAMED ACTS", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "SEXUAL ORIENTATION", "DISCRIMINATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 67
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b541784-2b48-4e20-b6fc-6a1cde9fddab"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5602&year=2019"
source_hash: "f060b1384d62b0e0822049174435087aa27a09acd19f12d3d9ec373215e102c6"
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 5602 (2019-2020) — Eliminating barriers to reproductive health care for all.

## 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/5602.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5602-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5602-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **28–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **29–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Randall — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Carlyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Takko — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-22** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** 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.
- **2019-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-25** House receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended.
- **2019-04-25** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2019-04-25** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-26** Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 399, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **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
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+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/2b541784-2b48-4e20-b6fc-6a1cde9fddab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).