---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing private health plan coverage of contraceptives."
description: "Addressing private health plan coverage of contraceptives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1234"
citation: "Washington HB 1234 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "INSURANCE", "WOMEN", "DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35d5972-a0f1-484a-ac0a-fad89641e3d8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1234&year=2017"
source_hash: "700faffce4f02aee0076e077825dd25062bfb62f4752e93c92378f1d4a42ec90"
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 1234 (2017-2018) — Addressing private health plan coverage of contraceptives.

## 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/1234.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1234-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#12) — **93–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 293, 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/e35d5972-a0f1-484a-ac0a-fad89641e3d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).