---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the dental laboratory registry within the department of health and establishing minimum standards for dental laboratories serving dentists in Washington state."
description: "Creating the dental laboratory registry within the department of health and establishing minimum standards for dental laboratories serving dentists in Washington state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1177"
citation: "Washington HB 1177 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/843ff517-fc79-4ef3-ac7e-1c3d14a9d4b9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1177&year=2019"
source_hash: "6e5e29f3f4134528619d4cf93c8f43e5dfde6e75f50ad74a07f5d6e05326a426"
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 1177 (2019-2020) — Creating the dental laboratory registry within the department of health and establishing minimum standards for dental laboratories serving dentists in 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1177.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#33) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stonier — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 68, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-21T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/843ff517-fc79-4ef3-ac7e-1c3d14a9d4b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).