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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the delivery of insurance notices and documents by electronic means."
+description: "Concerning the delivery of insurance notices and documents by electronic means."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1845"
+citation: "Washington HB 1845 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Vick"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-02-01"
+last_action: "2017-05-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebbe8fed-67e0-4d07-8e0b-840ef0172d68"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1845&year=2017"
+source_hash: "8659ee3444a2ab638362982cb66f78c3b9b045cdd664a11f86db932c340e714b"
+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 1845 (2017-2018) — Concerning the delivery of insurance notices and documents by electronic means.
+
+## 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/1845.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1845-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage (#33) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Vick — primary (person)
+- Haler — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-08** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-14** FI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-03-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-16** Chapter 307, 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/ebbe8fed-67e0-4d07-8e0b-840ef0172d68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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