---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning health care authority auditing practices."
description: "Concerning health care authority auditing practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1314"
citation: "Washington HB 1314 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8adaca2e-1114-4f6d-bc4f-7d7a58513da6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1314&year=2017"
source_hash: "1e1302ecb184fffc7c13742ed81b49fd286dd07e370b57f347cc735d11592057"
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 1314 (2017-2018) — Concerning health care authority auditing practices.

## 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/1314.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1314-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#46) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#33) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldier — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Rodne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** 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** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-17** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; 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).
- **2017-03-29** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-30** WM - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter 242, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-08** 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/8adaca2e-1114-4f6d-bc4f-7d7a58513da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).