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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning disclosure of health-related information with persons with a close relationship with a patient."
+description: "Concerning disclosure of health-related information with persons with a close relationship with a patient."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1477"
+citation: "Washington HB 1477 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5462d47d-f135-4df0-9910-a06fe9463e9c"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1477&year=2017"
+source_hash: "18616c768e49255e4736da03b4bdf086d090f144efddc391501853137e264310"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1477 (2017-2018) — Concerning disclosure of health-related information with persons with a close relationship with a patient.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1477.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1477-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#6) — **69–28** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **74–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kilduff — primary (person)
+- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Fey — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
+- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
+- Muri — cosponsor (person)
+- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
+- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sells — cosponsor (person)
+- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-20** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-17** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-17** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-17** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-17** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-27** HSMH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-17** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
+- **2017-04-19** Senate receded from amendments.
+- **2017-04-19** Rules suspended.
+- **2017-04-19** Returned to second reading for amendment.
+- **2017-04-19** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2017-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-20** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2017-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 74; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-16** Chapter 298, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-05-16** Effective date 7/23/2017*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5462d47d-f135-4df0-9910-a06fe9463e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+