republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/sb-5213.md

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Bill	Concerning pharmacy benefit managers.	Concerning pharmacy benefit managers.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	SB 5213	Washington SB 5213 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Kuderer	5	46	3	2023-01-10	2024-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5284ce7e-7bfe-4673-a6fe-1a7d420931ee	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5213&year=2023	332da912853935e83260f9e4bf626d98db0709a3c8db90b16434c0aa2bac7332	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5213 (2023-2024) — Concerning pharmacy benefit managers.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 41–8 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#49) — 73–20 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#13) — 45–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kuderer — primary (person)
• C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
• Short — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-10 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2023-02-03 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-02-17 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 9:00 AM.
• 2023-02-17 HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-02-17 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2023-02-17 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2023-02-21 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2023-02-23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
• 2023-02-23 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-02-23 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-24 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2023-03-03 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2023-03-10 Senate Rules "X" file.
• 2024-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2024-01-08 On motion, referred to Rules.
• 2024-02-07 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-12 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). substitution
• 2024-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-14 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2024-02-20 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-21 HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-26 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-26 APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2024-02-29 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 5. reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2024-03-04 Passed final passage; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2024-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-08 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-25 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-25 Chapter 242, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-25 Effective date 6/6/2024*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5284ce7e-7bfe-4673-a6fe-1a7d420931ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).