Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note

SSB 6248 — Addressing travel insurance.

Signed into law — Chapter 165, Laws of 2026

Sponsor
Stanford
Introduced
February 4, 2026
Status
C 165 L 26
Last action
Effective date 6/11/2026*. (March 23, 2026)

What this bill does

Enacts the Washington Travel Insurance Act, including provisions for regulating the offer and dissemination of travel insurance, licensing limited lines travel insurance producers, registering travel retailers, regulating travel administrators, requiring payment of premium taxes, establishing unfair trade practices and restricted sales practices, classifying travel insurance, and granting rulemaking authority.

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Floor votes

  • House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 2026
    94 yea · 0 nay · 4 not voting
  • Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 11, 2026
    48 yea · 1 nay

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