---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mitigating inequity in the health insurance market caused by health plans that exclude certain mandated benefits."
description: "Mitigating inequity in the health insurance market caused by health plans that exclude certain mandated benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2554"
citation: "Washington HB 2554 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/199ce8d2-19bc-4f2a-a2a6-66baa14a7914"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2554&year=2019"
source_hash: "ca03d54642bf5d2e620e67a4b1ca774faecf4181425aa447d4c1c7a9becef1b2"
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 2554 (2019-2020) — Mitigating inequity in the health insurance market caused by health plans that exclude certain mandated benefits.

## 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/2554.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2554-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#47) — **28–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stonier — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** 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`
- **2020-02-05** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** 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, 59; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-28** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health & Long Term Care.
- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 283, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **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
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/199ce8d2-19bc-4f2a-a2a6-66baa14a7914`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).