---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting the confidentiality of health care quality and peer review discussions to support effective patient safety."
description: "Protecting the confidentiality of health care quality and peer review discussions to support effective patient safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1239"
citation: "Washington HB 1239 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS", "HOSPITALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cody"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2529a066-46ef-4ee7-900e-3731fdda965a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1239&year=2019"
source_hash: "17251554f3dc4277aeda9f9f484ef81c0166d7bf01d18d3e6b8f59ae46cbfd5b"
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 1239 (2019-2020) — Protecting the confidentiality of health care quality and peer review discussions to support effective patient safety.

## 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/1239.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1239-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#4) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cody — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-06** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter 162, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-29** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2529a066-46ef-4ee7-900e-3731fdda965a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).