---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting patients from excess prescription medication charges."
description: "Protecting patients from excess prescription medication charges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2464"
citation: "Washington HB 2464 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS", "DRUGS", "INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gildon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae7e0476-d764-4825-a115-62e9d54ee0b9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2464&year=2019"
source_hash: "d285ef543962be9283975251ea90c3c838f300773c9bcf917c1e631488446f1d"
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 2464 (2019-2020) — Protecting patients from excess prescription medication charges.

## 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/2464.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2464-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#60) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gildon — primary (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** 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 Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** 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 Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** 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, 98; nays, 0; 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 with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 116, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-21T18:30:00+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
- **2020-02-26T18:30:00+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/ae7e0476-d764-4825-a115-62e9d54ee0b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).