---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring health care providers sanctioned for sexual misconduct to notify patients."
description: "Requiring health care providers sanctioned for sexual misconduct to notify patients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1198"
citation: "Washington HB 1198 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7128129-384b-4901-8dfc-a9af0cf7474a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1198&year=2019"
source_hash: "5aa38b3c2aecbc76ac84fd8b4c92b34ebb2cac9c544e582a51c5afa9daeda0b1"
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 1198 (2019-2020) — Requiring health care providers sanctioned for sexual misconduct to notify patients.

## 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/1198.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1198-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#3) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#26) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldier — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-15** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-04** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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 69, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 10/1/2019. `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
- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+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/b7128129-384b-4901-8dfc-a9af0cf7474a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).