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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

SB 5498: Contraceptive coverage

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 5498 is a bill introduced in the Washington Senate on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Concerning contraceptive coverage. Primary sponsor: Emily Alvarado (D). It lists 14 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Effective date 1/1/2026.

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 contraceptive coverage;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Emily AlvaradoPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Jessica BatemanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Annette ClevelandCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate49
Noel FrameCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Marko LiiasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
Liz LovelettCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate40
T'wina NoblesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Jamie PedersenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate43
Rebecca SaldañaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate37
Jesse SalomonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Vandana SlatterCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate48
Derek StanfordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate1
Yasmin TrudeauCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Javier ValdezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Claire WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“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. Effective date 1/1/2026.
  2. Governor signed.
  3. Chapter 147, 2025 Laws.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. Speaker signed.
  6. President signed.
  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1.
  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  9. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
  10. Referred to Rules 2 Review.
  11. HCW - Executive action taken by committee.
  12. HCW - Majority; do pass.

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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