---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss."
description: "Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5093"
citation: "Washington SB 5093 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-20"
last_action: "2025-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d81f240-2dfc-4cdf-a55e-6a59258adc07"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5093&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c65e699c281e1f427718fa41267bebfc84927451b59c8f322dc92e4929d8f900"
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 5093 (2025-2026) — Concerning dignity in pregnancy loss.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5093.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5093-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5093-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-01-23** LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-01-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-01-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAW 25). `substitution`
- **2025-02-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-19** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20** Chapter 374, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-20** Effective date 7/27/2025*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d81f240-2dfc-4cdf-a55e-6a59258adc07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).