---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reviewing the state's essential health benefits."
description: "Reviewing the state's essential health benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5338"
citation: "Washington SB 5338 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleveland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d58c90f5-f3a0-48b6-904d-b87d6071f260"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5338&year=2023"
source_hash: "6e1619996bedc0350b51329c39da10fb76a6dfc0709e3996209c9b189c1f0e5d"
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 5338 (2023-2024) — Reviewing the state's essential health benefits.

## 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/5338.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5338-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5338-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cleveland — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-24** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-28** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-10** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-03-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2023-04-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 87, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** Effective date 4/13/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d58c90f5-f3a0-48b6-904d-b87d6071f260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).