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WA SB5096

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Manka Dhingra

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the pregnancy exclusion clause from Washington's Health Care Directive form, which previously stated the directive would have "no force or effect during the course of my pregnancy"

  • Amends RCW 70.122.030, part of Washington's Natural Death Act governing end-of-life directives

  • Retains all other provisions of the directive form, including requirements for terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition diagnosis, witness signatures, and options regarding artificial nutrition and hydration

  • Re-letters the remaining subsections of the model directive form from (d) through (g) to (d) through (f) following deletion of the pregnancy provision

Legislative Description

Removing references to pregnancy from the model directive form under the natural death act.

Last Action

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

1/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Law & Justice1/13/2025

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