---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning health care benefit managers."
description: "Concerning health care benefit managers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5066"
citation: "Washington SB 5066 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Short"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-19"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ea3d614-a292-4d5e-9203-8f2b1bc392db"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5066&year=2023"
source_hash: "c01684f1b62b83bb78082d6eca0e0036926f1e5467e0aec789c39116cb8d9dd2"
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 5066 (2023-2024) — Concerning health care benefit managers.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5066.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5066.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Short — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-10** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-10** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-01** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 107, 2023 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ea3d614-a292-4d5e-9203-8f2b1bc392db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).