---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the confidentiality of industrial insurance claim records."
description: "Concerning the confidentiality of industrial insurance claim records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1909"
citation: "Washington HB 1909 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WORKERS' COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Graham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17ac47f9-a6c5-4900-ad5a-6e3a513b500b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1909&year=2019"
source_hash: "81cae48d285186cbbb79327104d920a4a320f0942f9f53f6cb4c460b5cdb5462"
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 1909 (2019-2020) — Concerning the confidentiality of industrial insurance claim records.

## 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/1909.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1909-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Graham — primary (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-18** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **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 34, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-17** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-26T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17ac47f9-a6c5-4900-ad5a-6e3a513b500b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).