---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the Washington state health insurance pool."
description: "Addressing the Washington state health insurance pool."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1338"
citation: "Washington HB 1338 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a6b8cdc-1854-4330-a707-30d6c02feefa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1338&year=2017"
source_hash: "a28eaed05822241e34d65122a11345b9c90d18486cab54784700f974178d66a1"
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 1338 (2017-2018) — Addressing the Washington state health insurance pool.

## 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/1338.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1338-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1338-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#19) — **93–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cody — primary (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** 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`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 2nd 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`
- **2017-03-14** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-14** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-29** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 110, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** 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/0a6b8cdc-1854-4330-a707-30d6c02feefa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).