---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations."
description: "Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1068"
citation: "Washington HB 1068 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bronoske"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-22"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c48f3539-0b07-4a70-a728-2db36dd05be8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1068&year=2023"
source_hash: "2511fc97385a2189d28d69926b3df56a5a902d8075a2c1d0d95c568cbf34b89e"
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 1068 (2023-2024) — Concerning injured workers' rights during compelled medical examinations.

## 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/1068.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1068-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1068-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **31–16** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **67–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bronoske — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-20** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-01-24** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2023-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 67; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **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 166, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c48f3539-0b07-4a70-a728-2db36dd05be8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).