---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preserving access to individual market health care coverage throughout Washington state."
description: "Preserving access to individual market health care coverage throughout Washington state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2408"
citation: "Washington HB 2408 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eff90072-7da1-4dd0-a4ca-746d960e980a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2408&year=2017"
source_hash: "796202e39a3b8692d08282b353830b35af577258e93bf17c0f376489b694000e"
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 2408 (2017-2018) — Preserving access to individual market health care coverage throughout Washington state.

## 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/2408.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2408-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2408-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cody — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-02** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health & Long Term Care.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-08** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 219, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/eff90072-7da1-4dd0-a4ca-746d960e980a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).