---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning insurance communications confidentiality."
description: "Concerning insurance communications confidentiality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5889"
citation: "Washington SB 5889 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENDER IDENTITY", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "MENTAL HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "CHILDREN", "INSURANCE", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b531c099-e2f1-4606-83d4-f72f18ca2e38"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5889&year=2019"
source_hash: "27232ad082a335cb57489ac65cb90235ad15d0b866abed2f4c6d72d72d3bc3cf"
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 5889 (2019-2020) — Concerning insurance communications confidentiality.

## 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/5889.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5889-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **27–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#18) — **55–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** 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** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-22** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-27** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-04** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-04** Placed on third reading.
- **2019-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 55; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 4. `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 56, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:30 AM
- **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/b531c099-e2f1-4606-83d4-f72f18ca2e38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).