---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning health carrier requirements for prior authorization standards."
description: "Concerning health carrier requirements for prior authorization standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5887"
citation: "Washington SB 5887 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e00ece2-f7fe-4ad1-b73f-9963a6ca0d17"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5887&year=2019"
source_hash: "631f6735b74e82322c36ac98cc91d9ce5675767e9a6b4f9401722cc84c505af5"
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 5887 (2019-2020) — Concerning health carrier requirements for prior authorization standards.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5887.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5887.E.htm)
3. **Second Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5887.E2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5887-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#36) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#25) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill not substituted.
- **2019-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-24** House insists on its position and asks Senate to concur.
- **2019-04-28** Returned to Senate Rules 3.
- **2020-01-13** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-15** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2020-01-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-01-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-01-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-17** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-26** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 193, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-19** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill not substituted.
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T22:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 05:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 09:00 AM
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-12T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e00ece2-f7fe-4ad1-b73f-9963a6ca0d17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).