---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving maternal health outcomes by extending coverage during the postpartum period."
description: "Improving maternal health outcomes by extending coverage during the postpartum period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5068"
citation: "Washington SB 5068 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19 AND CORONAVIRUS", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78d70c5b-3ef1-4240-85c4-0272c1f1d920"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5068&year=2021"
source_hash: "bf43c1ca75375dae2780413889927ea15317ebb75d23e35b1b23e92cb4d1e587"
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 5068 (2021-2022) — Improving maternal health outcomes by extending coverage during the postpartum period.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5068.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5068-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randall — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 90, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2021-01-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-15T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2021-02-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-10T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-18T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-03-22T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78d70c5b-3ef1-4240-85c4-0272c1f1d920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).