---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning continuity of coverage for prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of behavioral health conditions."
description: "Concerning continuity of coverage for prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of behavioral health conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5300"
citation: "Washington SB 5300 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/732e42ad-b8ac-4e36-94df-b0af4b91761b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5300&year=2023"
source_hash: "c5aafc5bc6ead26593e8ae9664fcf96731009e69ce8e1e949c63f03785296f8b"
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 5300 (2023-2024) — Concerning continuity of coverage for prescription drugs prescribed for the treatment of behavioral health conditions.

## 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/5300.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5300-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5300-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-09** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-09** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 325, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/732e42ad-b8ac-4e36-94df-b0af4b91761b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).