SB 5845 — Modernizing and clarifying timely payment requirements for health carriers.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-12
AN ACT Relating to modernizing and clarifying timely payment requirements for health carriers;
Latest action: 2026-02-11 — 1st substitute bill substituted.
Sponsors
- Slatter, Vandana (D, WA-48) — sponsor · 2026-01-12
- Muzzall, Ron (R, WA-10) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Chapman, Mike (D, WA-24) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Harris, Paul (R, WA-17) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Riccelli, Marcus (D, WA-3) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Cleveland, Annette (D, WA-49) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Hasegawa, Bob (D, WA-11) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Krishnadasan, Deborah (D, WA-26) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Nobles, T'wina (D, WA-28) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
- Valdez, Javier (D, WA-46) — cosponsor · 2026-01-12
Action timeline
- · senate — Prefiled for introduction.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
- · senate — HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — 1st substitute bill substituted.
- · senate — Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- · senate — First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
- · senate — HCW - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- · senate — Minority; without recommendation.
- · senate — Referred to Appropriations.
- · senate — APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- · senate — APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness.
- · senate — Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- · senate — Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- · senate — Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- · senate — Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- · senate — Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
- · senate — Senate concurred in House amendments.
- · senate — Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
- · senate — President signed.
- · senate — Speaker signed.
- · senate — Delivered to Governor.
- · senate — Governor signed.
- · senate — Chapter 158, 2026 Laws.
- · senate — Effective date 6/11/2026*.
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Connected on the graph
Inbound (10)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-12 | Chapman, Mike | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Cleveland, Annette | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Harris, Paul | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Hasegawa, Bob | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Krishnadasan, Deborah | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Muzzall, Ron | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Nobles, T'wina | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Riccelli, Marcus | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Slatter, Vandana | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2026-01-12 | Valdez, Javier | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slatter, Vandana (D, state_upper WA-48) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Chapman, Mike (D, state_upper WA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Cleveland, Annette (D, state_upper WA-49) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Harris, Paul (R, state_upper WA-17) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Hasegawa, Bob (D, state_upper WA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Krishnadasan, Deborah (D, state_upper WA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Muzzall, Ron (R, state_upper WA-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nobles, T'wina (D, state_upper WA-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Riccelli, Marcus (D, state_upper WA-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Valdez, Javier (D, state_upper WA-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2026-01-12 · sponsored by Slatter, Vandana (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Muzzall, Ron (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Harris, Paul (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Riccelli, Marcus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Krishnadasan, Deborah (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Valdez, Javier (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Chapman, Mike (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Nobles, T'wina (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Cleveland, Annette (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2026-01-12 · cosponsored by Hasegawa, Bob (cosponsor) · sponsorship