---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the health care cost transparency board."
description: "Establishing the health care cost transparency board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2457"
citation: "Washington HB 2457 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c2133a5-36c9-47e1-b740-2fd11e08b8fd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2457&year=2019"
source_hash: "d6f4d6780ff2adbb2e741c38f2ca1e38c4721c4b6f8510eac39b372caeef633d"
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 2457 (2019-2020) — Establishing the health care cost transparency board.

## 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/2457.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2457-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2457-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **75–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#34) — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **67–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cody — primary (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-06** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 75; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health & Long Term Care.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 67; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-03** Chapter 340, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-03** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c2133a5-36c9-47e1-b740-2fd11e08b8fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).