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type: "Bill"
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title: "Updating and modernizing the Washington state health plan."
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description: "Updating and modernizing the Washington state health plan."
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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 5568"
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citation: "Washington SB 5568 (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: ["Cleveland"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2025-05-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/727e4156-13ae-4f87-9e5d-840b88108662"
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source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=5568&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
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source_hash: "c659f6cd56be28c369217e3796acbe28a9f1d0888cfc625ebe4f6052bdc8c978"
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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 5568 (2025-2026) — Updating and modernizing the Washington state health plan.
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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/5568.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5568-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5568-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **34–13** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **37–9** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cleveland — primary (person)
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- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
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- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
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- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** 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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- **2025-02-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-02-13** HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2025-02-13** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-02-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2025-02-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-26** 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 25). `substitution`
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- **2025-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-28** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
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- **2025-03-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-03-19** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-03-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
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- **2025-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
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- **2025-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-23** Senate concurred in House amendments.
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- **2025-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 34; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20** Chapter 388, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2025-05-20** 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/727e4156-13ae-4f87-9e5d-840b88108662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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