Washington 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 10 D cosponsors

SB 5829 — Screening newborn infants for congenital cytomegalovirus.

Last action — Effective date 6/6/2024.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 11, 2023. Enacted.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 12 sponsors

    1 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (10 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

38 added · 37 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Senate Bill 5829 includes a significant change by introducing a requirement for the state board of health to evaluate whether to add congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) screening to the newborn screening panel. They need to submit findings and recommendations by the end of 2025. This change is important because addressing CMV can help detect potential health issues in infants early, thereby improving health outcomes for affected children and informing parents about the risks during pregnancy.

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S-4280.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5829 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session By Senate Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Frame, Rivers, Shewmake, Trudeau, Lovelett, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Liias, Nobles, Valdez, and C.
S-3583.1 SENATE BILL 5829 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session By Senators Frame, Rivers, Shewmake, Trudeau, Lovelett, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Kuderer, Liias, Nobles, Valdez, and C.
Wilson) READ FIRST TIME 01/26/24.
Wilson Prefiled 12/11/23.
Read first time 01/08/24.
Referred to Committee on Health & Long Term Care.
adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW;
and amending RCW 70.83.020.
creating a new section;
and providing an expiration date.
NEW SECTION.
(1) The state board of health shall consider whether or not to add congenital cytomegalovirus screening to the mandatory screening panel as required by RCW 70.83.020.
RCW 70.83.020 and 2014 c 18 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The state board of health shall submit to the governor and relevant committees of the legislature a report no later than December 31, 2025, and include a summary of the evaluation conducted in this section and the findings and recommendations on the addition of congenital cytomegalovirus screening to the mandatory newborn screening panel.
(1) It shall be the duty of the department of health to require screening tests of all newborn infants born in any setting.
(2) This section expires July 30, 2026.
Each hospital or health care provider attending a birth outside of a hospital shall collect and submit a sample blood specimen for all newborns no more than ((forty-eight)) 48 hours following birth.
NEW SECTION.
The department of health shall conduct screening tests of samples for the detection of phenylketonuria and other heritable or metabolic disorders leading to intellectual disabilities or physical defects as defined by the state board of health:
Sec.
PROVIDED, That no such tests shall be given to any newborn infant whose parents or guardian object thereto on the grounds that such tests conflict with their religious tenets and practices.
2.
(2) The sample required in subsection (1) of this section must be received by the department (([of health])) of health within ((seventy-two)) 72 hours of the collection of the sample, excluding any day that the Washington state public health laboratory is closed.
A new section is added to chapter 43.70 RCW to read as follows:
p.
Subject to amounts appropriated specifically for this purpose, the department shall develop and make available educational resources for pregnant individuals about the nature and consequences of in utero exposure to cytomegalovirus and strategies to reduce the p.
1 SB 5829 (3)(a) The department of health may conduct screening tests of the sample required in subsection (1) of this section for congenital cytomegalovirus if the department has obtained informed consent from the parents or guardians of the newborn infant for this optional testing.
1 SSB 5829 transmission of cytomegalovirus.
This testing may only occur after all tests required by the department in rule are complete.
The educational resources may include, but are not limited to, courses delivered in-person or electronically, pamphlets printed on paper and distributed through the watch me grow program, social media content, or made available on the department's website.
(b) The department shall design, prepare, and make available written material to inform health care providers and parents or guardians of newborn infants about the nature and consequences of congenital cytomegalovirus.
The department shall also provide educational materials and outreach for providers regarding the strategies to reduce transmission of cytomegalovirus.
The educational materials are intended to lower cytomegalovirus infection rates among pregnant individuals to save lives and prevent disability in their unborn children.
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Action History

  1. Effective date 6/6/2024.

  2. Chapter 96, 2024 Laws.

  3. Governor signed.

  4. Delivered to Governor.

  5. Speaker signed.

  6. President signed.

  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.

  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 - Majority; do pass.

  12. Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.

  13. Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.

  14. First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.

  15. Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.

  16. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

  17. 1st substitute bill substituted (HLTC 24).

  18. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

  19. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  20. HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

  21. Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.

  22. Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.

  23. First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care.

  24. Prefiled for introduction.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 139 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (139)

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Votes

3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11)

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 30000
Democrat 55002
Unaffiliated 10001
Total 95003
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (98)
Member Party Vote
Chambers — Yea
Chandler — Not Voting
Cheney — Yea
Chopp — Yea
Hutchins — Yea
Kretz — Yea
Maycumber — Yea
Mosbrucker — Yea
Robertson — Yea
Sandlin — Yea
Wilcox — Yea
Alex Ramel Democrat Yea
Alicia Rule Democrat Yea
Amy Walen Democrat Yea
April Berg Democrat Yea
Beth Doglio Democrat Yea
Bill Ramos Democrat Yea
Brandy Donaghy Democrat Yea
Chipalo Street Democrat Yea
Chris Stearns Democrat Yea
Cindy Ryu Democrat Yea
Clyde Shavers Democrat Yea
Dan Bronoske Democrat Yea
Darya Farivar Democrat Yea
Dave Paul Democrat Yea
David Hackney Democrat Yea
Davina Duerr Democrat Yea
Debra Entenman Democrat Yea
Debra Lekanoff Democrat Yea
Emily Alvarado Democrat Yea
Gerry Pollet Democrat Yea
Greg Nance Democrat Yea
Jake Fey Democrat Yea
Jamila Taylor Democrat Yea
Jessica Bateman Democrat Yea
Joe Fitzgibbon Democrat Yea
Joe Timmons Democrat Yea
Julia Reed Democrat Yea
Julio Cortes Democrat Yea
Kristine Reeves Democrat Not Voting
Larry Springer Democrat Yea
Lauren Davis Democrat Yea
Laurie Jinkins Democrat Yea
Lillian Ortiz-Self Democrat Yea
Lisa Callan Democrat Yea
Liz Berry Democrat Yea
Marcus Riccelli Democrat Yea
Mari Leavitt Democrat Yea
Mary Fosse Democrat Yea
Melanie Morgan Democrat Not Voting
Mia Gregerson Democrat Yea
Mike Chapman Democrat Yea
Monica Jurado Stonier Democrat Yea
My-Linh Thai Democrat Yea
Nicole Macri Democrat Yea
Roger Goodman Democrat Yea
Sharlett Mena Democrat Yea
Sharon Tomiko Santos Democrat Yea
Sharon Wylie Democrat Yea
Shelley Kloba Democrat Yea
Steve Bergquist Democrat Yea
Steve Tharinger Democrat Yea
Strom Peterson Democrat Yea
Tana Senn Democrat Yea
Tarra Simmons Democrat Yea
Timm Ormsby Democrat Yea
Tina Orwall Democrat Yea
Vandana Slatter Democrat Yea
Alex Ybarra Republican Yea
Andrew Barkis Republican Yea
April Connors Republican Yea
Carolyn Eslick Republican Yea
Chris Corry Republican Yea
Cyndy Jacobsen Republican Yea
Dan Griffey Republican Yea
Drew Stokesbary Republican Yea
Ed Orcutt Republican Yea
Jenny Graham Republican Yea
Jim Walsh Republican Yea
Joe Schmick Republican Yea
Joel McEntire Republican Yea
Keith Goehner Republican Yea
Kevin Waters Republican Yea
Leonard Christian Republican Yea
Mark Klicker Republican Yea
Mary Dye Republican Yea
Michelle Valdez Republican Yea
Mike Steele Republican Yea
Mike Volz Republican Yea
Paul Harris Republican Yea
Peter Abbarno Republican Yea
Sam Low Republican Yea
Skyler Rude Republican Yea
Stephanie Barnard Republican Yea
Stephanie McClintock Republican Yea
Suzanne Schmidt Republican Yea
Tom Dent Republican Yea
Travis Couture Republican Yea

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3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8)

Passed 49 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10000
Republican 16000
Democrat 23000
Total 49000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Billig — Yea
Hawkins — Yea
Keiser — Yea
Kuderer — Yea
Mullet — Yea
Padden — Yea
Randall — Yea
Rivers — Yea
Van De Wege — Yea
Wilson, L. — Yea
Annette Cleveland Democrat Yea
Bob Hasegawa Democrat Yea
Claire Wilson Democrat Yea
Claudia Kauffman Democrat Yea
Derek Stanford Democrat Yea
Drew Hansen Democrat Yea
Jamie Pedersen Democrat Yea
Javier Valdez Democrat Yea
Jesse Salomon Democrat Yea
Joe Nguyen Democrat Yea
John Lovick Democrat Yea
June Robinson Democrat Yea
Lisa Wellman Democrat Yea
Liz Lovelett Democrat Yea
Manka Dhingra Democrat Yea
Marko Liias Democrat Yea
Noel Frame Democrat Yea
Rebecca Saldaña Democrat Yea
Sharon Shewmake Democrat Yea
Steve Conway Democrat Yea
T'wina Nobles Democrat Yea
Victoria Hunt Democrat Yea
Yasmin Trudeau Democrat Yea
Chris Gildon Republican Yea
Curtis King Republican Yea
Drew MacEwen Republican Yea
Jeff Holy Republican Yea
Jeff Wilson Republican Yea
Jim McCune Republican Yea
John Braun Republican Yea
Judy Warnick Republican Yea
Keith Wagoner Republican Yea
Mark Schoesler Republican Yea
Matt Boehnke Republican Yea
Nikki Torres Republican Yea
Perry Dozier Republican Yea
Phil Fortunato Republican Yea
Ron Muzzall Republican Yea
Shelly Short Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 5829?
SB 5829 is sponsored by Claire Wilson (Democrat), Javier Valdez (Democrat), T'wina Nobles (Democrat), Marko Liias (Democrat), Kuderer, Bob Hasegawa (Democrat), Manka Dhingra (Democrat), Liz Lovelett (Democrat), Yasmin Trudeau (Democrat), Sharon Shewmake (Democrat), Rivers, and Noel Frame (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 5829?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 11, 2023. Enacted.
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