---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning health care provider credentialing by health carriers."
description: "Concerning health care provider credentialing by health carriers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1552"
citation: "Washington HB 1552 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dolan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76078c6c-7e1b-475e-8efe-8939379cd985"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1552&year=2019"
source_hash: "b0db90cf221a687a0fcc57c47de07b599f01b2fb5a7aca4f92b664f74a553a7e"
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 1552 (2019-2020) — Concerning health care provider credentialing by health carriers.

## 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/1552.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1552.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#54) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dolan — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-28** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-17** Chapter 4, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-17** Effective date 3/17/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness 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/76078c6c-7e1b-475e-8efe-8939379cd985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).