---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing nonpublic personal health information."
description: "Addressing nonpublic personal health information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1043"
citation: "Washington HB 1043 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "INSURANCE COMMISSIONER", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-12-15"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/053e6a76-017a-498a-a67c-847bf80e1566"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1043&year=2017"
source_hash: "cc00703050949023ba43bf3ab6691c3e5d5d7e20a6d962827a920fc0bb9bade3"
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 1043 (2017-2018) — Addressing nonpublic personal health information.

## 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/1043.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1043-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#19) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-15** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2017-01-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-31** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** HLTH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 193, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/053e6a76-017a-498a-a67c-847bf80e1566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).