---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning health care for working individuals with disabilities."
description: "Concerning health care for working individuals with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1199"
citation: "Washington HB 1199 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cody"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dae53175-511c-4db1-bf23-5a24a301147a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1199&year=2019"
source_hash: "93e58f9f5013d054f6dbb06906f4d45c5daaa9a2929222ef97fb0573166ba117"
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 1199 (2019-2020) — Concerning health care for working individuals with disabilities.

## 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/1199.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1199-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cody — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — 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`
- **2019-02-06** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** 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, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-05** 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, 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 70, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-30T18:30:00+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
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-15T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/dae53175-511c-4db1-bf23-5a24a301147a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).