Washington 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 D cosponsors

SB 6050 — Concerning insurance guaranty fund.

Last action — Returned to Senate Rules 3.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Senate Bill 6050 clarify the coverage parameters for individuals who hold life insurance, disability insurance, health care benefit agreements, and annuities, particularly in cases of insurer insolvency. The bill now specifies that coverage is extended to both residents and certain non-residents under defined conditions, enhancing protections for policyholders by ensuring that they have access to benefits even if they live outside Washington. Additionally, provisions were added to ensure proper assessment of member insurers to maintain the financial stability of the insurance guaranty fund, which is vital for safeguarding consumer interests in times of insurer failure. These changes aim to strengthen the security and reliability of insurance coverage for citizens.

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S-6189.1SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6050State of Washington66th Legislature2020 Regular SessionBySenate Health & Long Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Cleveland, Keiser, and Kuderer;
Z-0694.2SENATE BILL 6050State of Washington66th Legislature2020 Regular SessionBySenators Cleveland, Keiser, and Kuderer;
by request of Insurance Commissioner)READ FIRST TIME 02/06/20.AN ACT Relating to insurance guaranty fund;
by request of Insurance CommissionerPrefiled 12/05/19.Read first time 01/13/20.Referred to Committee on Health & Long Term Care.AN ACT Relating to insurance guaranty fund;
The methodology must provide for twenty-five percent of the assessment to be allocated to disability and health member insurers and seventy-five percent to be allocated to life and annuity member insurers.(d) Class B assessments against member insurers for each account and subaccount must be in the proportion that the premiums received on business in this state by each assessed member insurer on policies or contracts covered by each account for the three most recent calendar years for which information is available preceding the year in which the insurer became insolvent or, in the case of an assessment with respect to an impaired insurer, the three most recent calendar years for which information is available preceding the year in which the insurer became impaired, bears to premiums received on business in this state for those calendar years by all assessed member insurers.(((c)))(e) Assessments for funds to meet the requirements of the association with respect to an impaired or insolvent insurer may not be authorized or called until necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter.
The methodology must provide for fifty percent of the assessment to be allocated to disability and health member insurers and fifty percent to be allocated to life and annuity member insurers.(d) Class B assessments against member insurers for each account and subaccount must be in the proportion that the premiums received on business in this state by each assessed member insurer on policies or contracts covered by each account for the three most recent calendar years for which information is available preceding the year in which the insurer became insolvent or, in the case of an assessment with respect to an impaired insurer, the three most recent calendar years for which information is available preceding the year in which the insurer became impaired, bears to premiums received on business in this state for those calendar years by all assessed member insurers.(((c)))(e) Assessments for funds to meet the requirements of the association with respect to an impaired or insolvent insurer may not be authorized or called until necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter.
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Action History

  1. Returned to Senate Rules 3.

  2. Senate refuses to concur in House amendments. Asks House to recede from amendments.

  3. Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 1.

  4. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

  5. Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.

  6. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

  7. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

  8. Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM

  9. Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM

  10. Minority; do not pass.

  11. APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health Care & Wellness.

  12. Referred to Appropriations.

  13. Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM

  14. Minority; do not pass.

  15. Minority; without recommendation.

  16. HCW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).

  17. Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM

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

  19. Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1.

  20. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

  21. 1st substitute bill substituted.

  22. 1st substitute bill substituted.

  23. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

  24. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

  25. Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

  26. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  27. Minority; without recommendation.

  28. Minority; do not pass.

  29. WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health & Long Term Care.

  30. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  31. Minority; without recommendation.

  32. Minority; do not pass.

  33. WM - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health & Long Term Care.

  34. Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

  35. Referred to Ways & Means.

  36. Referred to Ways & Means.

  37. Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM

  38. Minority; without recommendation.

  39. Minority; do not pass.

  40. And refer to Ways & Means.

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

  42. Minority; without recommendation.

  43. Minority; do not pass.

  44. And refer to Ways & Means.

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

  46. Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:30 AM

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

  48. Prefiled for introduction.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on · 30 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Keiser
  • Kuderer

Not signed on (148)

148 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Final Passage as Amended by the House (#22)

Passed 60 Yea · 37 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 161601
Republican 22000
Democrat 42100
Total 603701
% of votes cast 61%38%0%1%
How each member voted (98)
Member Party Vote
Appleton — Yea
Blake — Yea
Chambers — Nay
Chandler — Yea
Chopp — Nay
Cody — Yea
DeBolt — Yea
Dolan — Yea
Hoff — Nay
Hudgins — Yea
Irwin — Yea
Jenkin — Nay
Johnson, J. — Yea
Kirby — Yea
Klippert — Nay
Kraft — Nay
Kretz — Nay
Maycumber — Nay
McCaslin — Nay
Mead — Not Voting
Mosbrucker — Nay
Pellicciotti — Yea
Pettigrew — Yea
Sells — Yea
Shea — Nay
Smith — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Sutherland — Nay
Tarleton — Yea
Vick — Nay
Wilcox — Nay
Young — Nay
Van Werven — Nay
Alex Ramel Democrat Yea
Amy Walen Democrat Yea
Beth Doglio Democrat Yea
Bill Ramos Democrat Yea
Chris Kilduff Democrat Yea
Cindy Ryu Democrat Yea
Dave Paul Democrat Yea
Davina Duerr Democrat Yea
Debra Entenman Democrat Yea
Debra Lekanoff Democrat Yea
Drew Hansen Democrat Yea
Gerry Pollet Democrat Yea
Jake Fey Democrat Yea
Javier Valdez Democrat Yea
Joe Fitzgibbon Democrat Yea
John Lovick Democrat Yea
June Robinson Democrat Yea
Larry Springer Democrat Yea
Lauren Davis Democrat Yea
Laurie Jinkins Democrat Yea
Lillian Ortiz-Self Democrat Yea
Lisa Callan Democrat Yea
Marcus Riccelli Democrat Yea
Mari Leavitt Democrat Yea
Melanie Morgan Democrat Yea
Mia Gregerson Democrat Yea
Mike Chapman Democrat Nay
Monica Jurado Stonier Democrat Yea
My-Linh Thai Democrat Yea
Nicole Macri Democrat Yea
Noel Frame Democrat Yea
Roger Goodman Democrat Yea
Sharon Shewmake 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
Timm Ormsby Democrat Yea
Tina Orwall Democrat Yea
Vandana Slatter Democrat Yea
Alex Ybarra Republican Nay
Andrew Barkis Republican Nay
Carolyn Eslick Republican Nay
Chris Corry Republican Nay
Chris Gildon Republican Nay
Dan Griffey Republican Nay
Drew MacEwen Republican Nay
Drew Stokesbary Republican Nay
Ed Orcutt Republican Nay
Jenny Graham Republican Nay
Jeremie Dufault Republican Nay
Jim Walsh Republican Yea
Joe Schmick Republican Yea
Keith Goehner Republican Nay
Mary Dye Republican Nay
Matt Boehnke Republican Nay
Michelle Valdez Republican Nay
Mike Steele Republican Nay
Mike Volz Republican Nay
Paul Harris Republican Nay
Skyler Rude Republican Nay
Tom Dent Republican Nay

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3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21)

Passed 31 Yea · 17 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16900
Republican 1801
Democrat 14000
Total 311701
% of votes cast 63%35%0%2%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Becker — Nay
Billig — Yea
Brown — Nay
Carlyle — Yea
Darneille — Yea
Das — Yea
Ericksen — Nay
Frockt — Yea
Hawkins — Nay
Hobbs — Yea
Honeyford — Nay
Keiser — Yea
Kuderer — Yea
McCoy — Yea
Mullet — Yea
O'Ban — Yea
Padden — Nay
Randall — Yea
Rivers — Nay
Rolfes — Yea
Sheldon — Nay
Takko — Yea
Wilson, L. — Nay
Zeiger — Yea
Van De Wege — Yea
Annette Cleveland Democrat Yea
Bob Hasegawa Democrat Yea
Claire Wilson Democrat Yea
Derek Stanford Democrat Yea
Jamie Pedersen Democrat Yea
Jesse Salomon Democrat Yea
Joe Nguyen Democrat Yea
Lisa Wellman Democrat Yea
Liz Lovelett Democrat Yea
Manka Dhingra Democrat Yea
Marko Liias Democrat Yea
Rebecca Saldaña Democrat Yea
Steve Conway Democrat Yea
Victoria Hunt Democrat Yea
Curtis King Republican Yea
Jeff Holy Republican Nay
Jim Walsh Republican Nay
John Braun Republican Nay
Judy Warnick Republican Nay
Keith Wagoner Republican Nay
Mark Schoesler Republican Nay
Phil Fortunato Republican Not Voting
Ron Muzzall Republican Nay
Shelly Short Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 6050?
SB 6050 is sponsored by Annette Cleveland (Democrat), Keiser, and Kuderer.
What is the current status of SB 6050?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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