---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning health carriers offering dental only coverage."
description: "Concerning health carriers offering dental only coverage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1683"
citation: "Washington HB 1683 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f88f4c2-5b7a-41a4-af9f-0ad931021cb6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1683&year=2023"
source_hash: "c2f5e89ced73f48ce9a32466f9cc9abb4dffe29351d9fe0533bef1833fdbd7cd"
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 1683 (2023-2024) — Concerning health carriers offering dental only coverage.

## 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/1683.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1683-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1683-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#40) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barnard — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-10** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-23** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 216, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** 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/3f88f4c2-5b7a-41a4-af9f-0ad931021cb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).