---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing providers to bill separately for immediate postpartum contraception."
description: "Allowing providers to bill separately for immediate postpartum contraception."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1651"
citation: "Washington HB 1651 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH CARE", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HOSPITALS", "INSURANCE", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thai"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0994d5ba-6e6f-4d01-9ae3-41e662769ca8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1651&year=2021"
source_hash: "6af3c6ba7d0543004409b8fb97af776b98a7834336490131c8e0e50bec5329aa"
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 1651 (2021-2022) — Allowing providers to bill separately for immediate postpartum contraception.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1651.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#45) — **45–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thai — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 122, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-13T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
- **2022-01-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+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/0994d5ba-6e6f-4d01-9ae3-41e662769ca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).