---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting pregnancy and miscarriage-related patient care."
description: "Protecting pregnancy and miscarriage-related patient care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5140"
citation: "Washington SB 5140 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH CARE", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HOSPITALS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuderer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02687416-9575-4eb4-b827-f3fc2fe91614"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5140&year=2021"
source_hash: "9927b5ef7d5f5ee2b2739899e46440edbb1db0380e931741a575762f4a87bdda"
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 5140 (2021-2022) — Protecting pregnancy and miscarriage-related patient care.

## 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/5140.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5140-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **57–41** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#11) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- 61 Muzzall Pg 2 Ln 20 (#2) — **20–28** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kuderer — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12T05:00:00+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.
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 235, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+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
- **2021-02-01T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-17T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02687416-9575-4eb4-b827-f3fc2fe91614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).