---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the administration of the Andy Hill cancer research endowment."
description: "Concerning the administration of the Andy Hill cancer research endowment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 5455"
citation: "Washington SB 5455 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/942b69fc-5740-47fd-8d93-682732acaee5"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5455&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "8e1437782f59191fff7d5b25b45ac6af7ec64a76a5f87cc6c571f08b7d8d32be"
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 5455 (2025-2026) — Concerning the administration of the Andy Hill cancer research endowment.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5455.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5455.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris — primary (person)
- Braun — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-02-18** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-01** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Chapter 199, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/942b69fc-5740-47fd-8d93-682732acaee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).