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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning benefits authorized to be offered by the public employees' benefits board."
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description: "Concerning benefits authorized to be offered by the public employees' benefits board."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "SB 5478"
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citation: "Washington SB 5478 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bateman"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-24"
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last_action: "2025-05-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7222d1b1-ff07-4cd5-81f2-437ae5ed67a3"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5478&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "83d9b91222c79f523c995ae7aea7ecdbe5e1f29988721d45ac5b81a200abd088"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington SB 5478 (2025-2026) — Concerning benefits authorized to be offered by the public employees' benefits board.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5478.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5478.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bateman — primary (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-24** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-11** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-20** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
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- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
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- **2025-03-24** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-17** Chapter 339, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-17** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7222d1b1-ff07-4cd5-81f2-437ae5ed67a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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