---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning notice of material changes to the operations or governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace."
description: "Concerning notice of material changes to the operations or governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1607"
citation: "Washington HB 1607 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOSPITALS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2de36f2d-15c5-4ee2-b9c1-6d70df5b46bc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1607&year=2019"
source_hash: "1aec95ff672ae80a1fe1e7acf9e59592b274bf712c9edd96e7bc9acba11397d8"
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 1607 (2019-2020) — Concerning notice of material changes to the operations or governance structure of participants in the health care marketplace.

## 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/1607.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1607-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#3) — **63–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldier — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
- **2019-02-20** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 63; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 267, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-13T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice 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/2de36f2d-15c5-4ee2-b9c1-6d70df5b46bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).