---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting benefit enrollment information collected and maintained by the health care authority from public inspection and copying under the public records act."
description: "Exempting benefit enrollment information collected and maintained by the health care authority from public inspection and copying under the public records act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5421"
citation: "Washington SB 5421 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e06ad07d-6708-4dc9-a9f9-75e156809ffd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5421&year=2023"
source_hash: "aee353bb016b865dc7d047a07dbe04d9118b301a6529d5df7f34af932ee26991"
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 5421 (2023-2024) — Exempting benefit enrollment information collected and maintained by the health care authority from public inspection and copying under the public records act.

## 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/5421.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5421.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-27** SGE - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** SGOV - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 45, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** 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/e06ad07d-6708-4dc9-a9f9-75e156809ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).