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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5351: Dental insurance practices

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 5351 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices. Primary sponsor: Curtis King (R). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 12, 2025): Governor partially vetoed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to ensuring patient choice and access to care by prohibiting unfair and deceptive dental insurance practices;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 10 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Curtis KingPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate14
Mike ChapmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Leonard ChristianCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Annette ClevelandCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate49
Steve ConwayCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Noel FrameCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Paul HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Bob HasegawaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Jeff HolyCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Ron MuzzallCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Tina OrwallCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Jesse SalomonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Sharon ShewmakeCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Yasmin TrudeauCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor partially vetoed.
  2. Chapter 219, 2025 Laws PV.
  3. Effective date 7/27/2025.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. Speaker signed.
  6. President signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.
  9. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  10. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  11. APP - Executive action taken by committee.
  12. APP - Majority; do pass.

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page