---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning disclosure of health-related information with persons with a close relationship with a patient."
description: "Concerning disclosure of health-related information with persons with a close relationship with a patient."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1477"
citation: "Washington HB 1477 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5462d47d-f135-4df0-9910-a06fe9463e9c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1477&year=2017"
source_hash: "18616c768e49255e4736da03b4bdf086d090f144efddc391501853137e264310"
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 1477 (2017-2018) — Concerning disclosure of health-related information with persons with a close relationship with a patient.

## 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/1477.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1477-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#6) — **69–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **74–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** 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** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-17** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** HSMH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 74; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 298, 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/5462d47d-f135-4df0-9910-a06fe9463e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).