---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators."
description: "Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5463"
citation: "Washington SB 5463 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4d39565-9c34-4836-af73-aa0a2ae9fcd9"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5463&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "6d3deb34be8bfca9618f7d39740a72122be9c2e8f9a73ba58dcc7dee320583a2"
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 5463 (2025-2026) — Concerning the duties of industrial insurance self-insured employers and third-party administrators.

## 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/5463.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5463.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#27) — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **28–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-11** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-21** LAWS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-04-05** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2025-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-26** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-17** Chapter 338, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-17** Effective date 1/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4d39565-9c34-4836-af73-aa0a2ae9fcd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).