---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning foundational public health services."
description: "Concerning foundational public health services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1497"
citation: "Washington HB 1497 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daa0e69f-3108-4324-b37a-e605770bdb1e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1497&year=2019"
source_hash: "5c33d723e6f6fcef6197cb39fc4b92d589e4b93b8e88a21fd04a737084949e6a"
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 1497 (2019-2020) — Concerning foundational public health services.

## 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/1497.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1497-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1497-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **94–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-13** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03** Chapter 14, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-03** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-13T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 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/daa0e69f-3108-4324-b37a-e605770bdb1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).