---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning participating in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems."
description: "Concerning participating in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1008"
citation: "Washington HB 1008 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bronoske"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-06"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a4ce390-9dab-4425-8d44-f4d11560309f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1008&year=2023"
source_hash: "08f8ae165476cc722c803a438c153705c8a7c8d4537bffa80ab73e69eb615103"
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 1008 (2023-2024) — Concerning participating in insurance plans and contracts by separated plan 2 members of certain retirement systems.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1008.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1008.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bronoske — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-01-23** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-13** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 164, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** Effective date 1/1/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a4ce390-9dab-4425-8d44-f4d11560309f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).