republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1234.md

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Bill	Addressing private health plan coverage of contraceptives.	Addressing private health plan coverage of contraceptives.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1234	Washington HB 1234 (2017-2018)	bill	HEALTH AND SAFETY PUBLIC INSURANCE WOMEN DRUGS	enacted	Robinson	2	26	2	2017-01-13	2017-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e35d5972-a0f1-484a-ac0a-fad89641e3d8	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1234&year=2017	700faffce4f02aee0076e077825dd25062bfb62f4752e93c92378f1d4a42ec90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1234 (2017-2018) — Addressing private health plan coverage of contraceptives.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#12) — 93–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robinson — primary (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Caldier — cosponsor (person)
• Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
• Cody — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
• Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Lytton — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
• Sells — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)
• Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Stonier — cosponsor (person)
• Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-13 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-08 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-08 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-14 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-08 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-08 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-14 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-03 First reading, referred to Health Care. reading-1
• 2017-03-20 HLTH - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-20 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-29 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-14 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-17 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-16 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-16 Chapter 293, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-16 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e35d5972-a0f1-484a-ac0a-fad89641e3d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).