---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making state law consistent with selected federal consumer protections in the patient protection and affordable care act."
description: "Making state law consistent with selected federal consumer protections in the patient protection and affordable care act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1870"
citation: "Washington HB 1870 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE", "CONSUMER PROTECTION", "NAMED ACTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f80db14-5e9b-4d71-8eaa-86e85f516502"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1870&year=2019"
source_hash: "450c3a6cedd7f248a9622c83fcac14efbabf79e45efe4f60fd77c472beea2a2f"
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 1870 (2019-2020) — Making state law consistent with selected federal consumer protections in the patient protection and affordable care act.

## 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/1870.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1870-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#38) — **56–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **28–17** (pass) · upper
- 416 O'Ban Pg 1 Ln 2 (#11) — **14–31** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **56–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** HCW - 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.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** HCW - 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.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-01** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 5. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter 33, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 4/17/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness 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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f80db14-5e9b-4d71-8eaa-86e85f516502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).