---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning patients' access to investigational medical products."
description: "Concerning patients' access to investigational medical products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5035"
citation: "Washington SB 5035 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH CARE", "DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pedersen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/725c4d11-b4ab-49e9-8e00-8c13c4e285bb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5035&year=2017"
source_hash: "18dff785d9f37e6e3543567777946be9acc6d266d38f4e85350a91e25900f47a"
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 5035 (2017-2018) — Concerning patients' access to investigational medical products.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5035.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5035-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pedersen — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-02** HLTH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-03-29** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-06** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 212, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/725c4d11-b4ab-49e9-8e00-8c13c4e285bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).