---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning coverage for HIV antiviral drugs."
description: "Concerning coverage for HIV antiviral drugs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6183"
citation: "Washington SB 6183 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liias"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94a4773d-a8b1-40ea-8572-6c4f8594ba24"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6183&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "ef6194e365b42352b65fb6aa8b2712ccd32a593a175fd456b3093b42af0c0f8b"
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 6183 (2025-2026) — Concerning coverage for HIV antiviral drugs.

## 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/6183.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6183-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6183-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liias — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-27** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-25** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Chapter 48, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-14** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94a4773d-a8b1-40ea-8572-6c4f8594ba24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).