---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning prescription drug cost transparency."
description: "Concerning prescription drug cost transparency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1224"
citation: "Washington HB 1224 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "DRUGS", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 66
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c6ccb6f-30f8-45b3-9031-c62075471114"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1224&year=2019"
source_hash: "34c52e46a24a13dcbb271ae2b8e7b92c84a7c7b9f14c006c837e360eb303e155"
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 1224 (2019-2020) — Concerning prescription drug cost transparency.

## 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/1224.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1224-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1224-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1224-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **80–18** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Recommended by Conference Committee (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as recommended by the Conference Committee (#13) — **92–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-15** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-15** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-08** Amendment ruled beyond the scope and object of the bill.
- **2019-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-16** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-19** House refuses to concur in the Senate amendments. Asks Senate for Conference thereon.
- **2019-04-19** Conference committee appointed. Representatives Macri, Robinson, Schmick.
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee request granted.
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee appointed. Senators Cleveland, Mullet, Rivers.
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee report; received 11:05 AM 4/25/2019.
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee report; received 11:10 AM 4/25/2019.
- **2019-04-25** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee report adopted.
- **2019-04-25** Passed final passage as recommended by conference committee; yeas, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1.
- **2019-04-27** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 334, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-29T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/7c6ccb6f-30f8-45b3-9031-c62075471114`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).