---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developing strategies to reduce or eliminate deductibles for maternal support services and postpartum care."
description: "Developing strategies to reduce or eliminate deductibles for maternal support services and postpartum care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5581"
citation: "Washington SB 5581 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muzzall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f00dd520-79f0-4c48-a62e-4f0dc5e10b40"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5581&year=2023"
source_hash: "2068985db02670307b857b47dd25a792aed8d0b7ce4d21b901f7590a49c48e85"
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 5581 (2023-2024) — Developing strategies to reduce or eliminate deductibles for maternal support services and postpartum 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5581.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5581-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5581-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#31) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Muzzall — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- J. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Rivers — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** 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; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 23). `substitution`
- **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`
- **2023-03-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 444, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** 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/f00dd520-79f0-4c48-a62e-4f0dc5e10b40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).