Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices.
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Moved
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Became law
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Officially: “Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices.” Read the full text
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2025 session
Where it is
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First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. · Jan 17, 2025
HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. · Feb 21, 2025
Minority; without recommendation. · Feb 21, 2025
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. · Feb 21, 2025
HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. · Feb 21, 2025
Minority; without recommendation. · Feb 21, 2025
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. · Feb 21, 2025
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. · Mar 3, 2025
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. · Mar 3, 2025
1st substitute bill substituted. · Mar 10, 2025
1st substitute bill substituted. · Mar 10, 2025
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. · Mar 10, 2025
Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. · Mar 10, 2025
First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. · Mar 12, 2025
HCW - Executive action taken by committee. · Mar 25, 2025
HCW - Majority; do pass. · Mar 25, 2025
Referred to Appropriations. · Mar 27, 2025
APP - Executive action taken by committee. · Apr 5, 2025
APP - Majority; do pass. · Apr 5, 2025
Referred to Rules 2 Review. · Apr 8, 2025
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. · Apr 10, 2025
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. · Apr 11, 2025
Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. · Apr 11, 2025
President signed. · Apr 16, 2025
Speaker signed. · Apr 18, 2025
Delivered to Governor. · Apr 22, 2025
Governor partially vetoed. · May 12, 2025
Chapter 219, 2025 Laws PV. · May 12, 2025
Effective date 7/27/2025. · May 12, 2025
The numbers
15
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Curtis KingMike ChapmanAnnette ClevelandRon MuzzallTina OrwallLeonard ChristianT'wina NoblesPaul HarrisJesse SalomonSteve ConwayNoel FrameBob HasegawaJeff HolySharon ShewmakeYasmin Trudeau
Recorded votes
3rd Reading & Final PassageHouse · 2025-04-11 · Yea 94, Nay 0, Absent 0, Excused 4
3rd Reading & Final PassageSenate · 2025-03-10 · Yea 49, Nay 0, Absent 0, Excused 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Washington legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Who is lobbying on this
WA ST BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILvia Erin Frasier
1 filingWA ST BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCILvia Heather Kurtenbach
1 filingFrom 2 filings in Washington State lobbying disclosures (PDC), via data.wa.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
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Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 12, 2025).