---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting discrimination in health care coverage."
description: "Prohibiting discrimination in health care coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2338"
citation: "Washington HB 2338 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90e7bf70-30a8-4827-886f-684d5f9755ac"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2338&year=2019"
source_hash: "1deecc88a7eeaeb48777d583ddf63abc206dd32d5370d11247ffb63b8804a397"
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 2338 (2019-2020) — Prohibiting discrimination in health care coverage.

## 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/2338.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2338-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#61) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **93–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-31** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 228, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care 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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90e7bf70-30a8-4827-886f-684d5f9755ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).