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type: "Bill"
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title: "Concerning contraceptive coverage."
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description: "Concerning contraceptive coverage."
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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 5498"
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citation: "Washington SB 5498 (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: ["Alvarado"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-27"
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last_action: "2025-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50d487c9-9960-48ba-81f4-be8c33054c82"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5498&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "f3bc5aadc4e6c881903f323b23d312446ef412d5bea7134f289d3ad39aaf4476"
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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 5498 (2025-2026) — Concerning contraceptive coverage.
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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/5498.htm)
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2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5498.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alvarado — primary (person)
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- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Liias — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
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- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
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- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
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- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
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- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-27** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
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- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-21** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-25** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-17** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-22** Chapter 147, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-04-22** Effective date 1/1/2026. `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/50d487c9-9960-48ba-81f4-be8c33054c82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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