---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning hospital price transparency."
description: "Concerning hospital price transparency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5493"
citation: "Washington SB 5493 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89fd4430-714b-4f29-ab03-ad5e203d0aad"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5493&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "7239d352ff0cc58ac64a4f724d3033814d57b6587118efc71a0e1b1c45e84f4c"
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 5493 (2025-2026) — Concerning hospital price transparency.

## 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/5493.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5493-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5493-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-22** Chapter 146, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-22** 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/89fd4430-714b-4f29-ab03-ad5e203d0aad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).