---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing travel insurance."
description: "Addressing travel insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 6248"
citation: "Washington SB 6248 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a63e47b5-9bee-4f6b-b8a0-6bcfd8136355"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=6248&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5a8e515c372d4d07e366c774ee33e0df2c86053baae8b078648a02665f5bbd1e"
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 6248 (2025-2026) — Addressing travel insurance.

## 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/6248.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6248-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6248-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#25) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kauffman — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** First reading, referred to Business, Trade & Economic Development. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-28** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-04** BTE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (BTE 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-14** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-25** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 165, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** 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/a63e47b5-9bee-4f6b-b8a0-6bcfd8136355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).