---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the delivery of insurance notices and documents by electronic means."
description: "Concerning the delivery of insurance notices and documents by electronic means."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1845"
citation: "Washington HB 1845 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebbe8fed-67e0-4d07-8e0b-840ef0172d68"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1845&year=2017"
source_hash: "8659ee3444a2ab638362982cb66f78c3b9b045cdd664a11f86db932c340e714b"
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 1845 (2017-2018) — Concerning the delivery of insurance notices and documents by electronic means.

## 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/1845.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1845-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#33) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vick — primary (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Business & Financial Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** BFS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Financial Institutions & Insurance. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** FI - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 307, 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/ebbe8fed-67e0-4d07-8e0b-840ef0172d68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).