---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring health plans to cover, with no cost sharing, all preventive services required to be covered under federal law as of December 31, 2016."
description: "Requiring health plans to cover, with no cost sharing, all preventive services required to be covered under federal law as of December 31, 2016."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1523"
citation: "Washington HB 1523 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f4fa69e-9991-4e58-9304-2547ca027471"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1523&year=2017"
source_hash: "53532fd46bfaa58d778dffde4ee45b01e6a3d01dbbd56fc5938862144c654c8c"
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 1523 (2017-2018) — Requiring health plans to cover, with no cost sharing, all preventive services required to be covered under federal law as of December 31, 2016.

## 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/1523.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1523-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1523-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#7) — **56–38** (pass) · lower
- 728 Rivers Pg 1 Ln 16 (#32) — **24–25** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **27–22** (pass) · upper
- 729 O'Ban Pg 1 Ln 8 (#31) — **24–25** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **70–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** 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** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 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** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-02** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter 14, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-09** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f4fa69e-9991-4e58-9304-2547ca027471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).