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Votes at a glance: Insurance & Commerce committee actions
Summary
Summary of committee motions and outcomes recorded during the meeting, including bills advanced, a bill pulled for redrafting, and several passed measures with no recorded roll‑call.
The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee considered numerous bills during the session. The following lists formal motions and committee outcomes as recorded in the meeting transcript. Where the transcript recorded only a voice vote, the tally is noted as "voice vote; roll call not recorded." If a proposer or seconder was named in the transcript, those names are included.
Key outcomes - Senate Bill 519 (life insurance surrender statutory clarifications): Motion to pass made by the presenter (Justin Boyd); second by Senator Johnson; approved on voice vote. - Senate Bill 544 (PBM licensure amendments): Motion to pass by Senator Mark Johnson; second by Senator Penzo; approved on voice vote. - Senate Bill 552 (Northwest Registered Agents / registered agent address as principal office when no principal office exists): Motion to pass by Senator McKee (running for Senator Hammer); second by Senator Johnson; approved on voice vote. - Senate Bill 5904 (statutory clarification about certificates — presented as a short technical bill by Senator McKee): Motion to pass by Senator McKee; second by Senator Boyd; approved on voice vote. - Senate Bill 475 (PSAO registration and oversight): Sponsor Senator Dismang announced he would pull the bill for further drafting and to secure a House sponsor; no committee vote taken (tabled/withdrawn for redrafting). - Senate Bill 593 (PSAO registration/contract amendments; sponsor Sen. Justin Boyd): Motion to pass by Senator Boyd; second by Senators Johnson and Penso; approved on voice vote. - Senate Bill 481 (create state captive insurance program for public schools and higher education): Motion to pass by Senator Gilmore; second by Senator McKee; approved on voice vote. - House Bill 1079 (genetic testing coverage; remove cost sharing for clinically appropriate tests and follow‑up screenings): Motion to pass as amended by Senator McKee (moved on behalf of sponsor); second by Senator Murdoch; approved on voice vote. - House Bill 1321 (protect access to life‑sustaining medical equipment; prohibit fail‑first requirements for certain ventilators): Motion to pass by sponsor; second by Senator Boyd; approved on voice vote. - House Bill 1794 (continuing education exemptions for long‑tenured brokers aged 72+): Motion to pass by Senator Penzo; second by Senator Boyd; approved on voice vote. - House Bill 1814 (technical code amendment, sponsor Senator Johnson as amended): Motion to pass by sponsor; second by Senator McKee; approved on voice vote.
Notes on procedure and votes Where the transcript recorded only "All in favor, say aye" and a single "Aye," the committee outcome is recorded here as "approved on voice vote; roll call not recorded." Several bills were presented with brief testimony, no registered opponents in the room, and were passed without extended debate. One bill (SB 475) was pulled for reworking after members and industry witnesses asked for clearer language.
For bills that were advanced, committee sponsors said rulemaking and implementation details (fees, bond levels, precise audit procedures) will be set by the relevant state department if the bill becomes law.
