---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting cost sharing for abortion."
description: "Prohibiting cost sharing for abortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5242"
citation: "Washington SB 5242 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/936eca39-b61b-4e3c-8fbf-83f516c8b626"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5242&year=2023"
source_hash: "bdb5d64b0be44ee548b488d07e49e69dcf063e62f12dd74b9d1bb30682ae56aa"
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 5242 (2023-2024) — Prohibiting cost sharing for abortion.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5242.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5242.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **57–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-31** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-20** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-22** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-31** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27** Chapter 194, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-27** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/936eca39-b61b-4e3c-8fbf-83f516c8b626`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).