---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning authorization of health care decisions by an individual or designated person."
description: "Concerning authorization of health care decisions by an individual or designated person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1175"
citation: "Washington HB 1175 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bef31d1-2cfd-4b52-af58-36ad4ef5758e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1175&year=2019"
source_hash: "86d58ae5560bda28f6b4be08caba12ffc3faa245abb9a8bb8a2d027316dc61b3"
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 1175 (2019-2020) — Concerning authorization of health care decisions by an individual or designated person.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1175.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1175.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#6) — **71–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#48) — **36–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-01** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 25; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-14** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Chapter 209, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-30** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-01T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-14T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bef31d1-2cfd-4b52-af58-36ad4ef5758e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).