---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning health insurance discrimination."
description: "Concerning health insurance discrimination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5313"
citation: "Washington SB 5313 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION", "GENDER IDENTITY", "HEALTH CARE", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3990d0b9-e562-4520-8f45-ee8757e2caa3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5313&year=2021"
source_hash: "269d4d3fb1304777c8480b71a3742d07deea276f78d50c3a1e84252bf6a2dbe7"
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 5313 (2021-2022) — Concerning health insurance discrimination.

## 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/5313.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5313-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5313-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#10) — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — **57–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **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. `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`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 280, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-03T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-12T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2021-02-22T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:30 AM
- **2021-03-15T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **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/3990d0b9-e562-4520-8f45-ee8757e2caa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).