---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preserving access to preventive services by clarifying state authority and definitions."
description: "Preserving access to preventive services by clarifying state authority and definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2242"
citation: "Washington HB 2242 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bronoske"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-02"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b6167e7-98e1-484e-8b2e-58f5e6523a6e"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2242&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0fcfd4637763d2e1e543bbefa576cc1d7fe7927ecdc1600f9a29c95fe32cfa50"
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 2242 (2025-2026) — Preserving access to preventive services by clarifying state authority and definitions.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2242.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2242-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2242-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2242-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **36–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **57–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bronoske — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-02** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-23** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-28** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-09** Chapter 13, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-09** Effective date 3/9/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b6167e7-98e1-484e-8b2e-58f5e6523a6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).