republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1523.md

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Bill	Requiring health plans to cover, with no cost sharing, all preventive services required to be covered under federal law as of December 31, 2016.	Requiring health plans to cover, with no cost sharing, all preventive services required to be covered under federal law as of December 31, 2016.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1523	Washington HB 1523 (2017-2018)	bill	HEALTH CARE INSURANCE	enacted	Robinson	3	38	5	2017-01-23	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/1f4fa69e-9991-4e58-9304-2547ca027471	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1523&year=2017	53532fd46bfaa58d778dffde4ee45b01e6a3d01dbbd56fc5938862144c654c8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1523 (2017-2018) — Requiring health plans to cover, with no cost sharing, all preventive services required to be covered under federal law as of December 31, 2016.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage (#7) — 56–38 (pass) · lower
• 728 Rivers Pg 1 Ln 16 (#32) — 24–25 (fail) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — 27–22 (pass) · upper
• 729 O'Ban Pg 1 Ln 8 (#31) — 24–25 (fail) · upper
• Final Passage (#13) — 70–28 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robinson — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Cody — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Farrell — cosponsor (person)
• Fey — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-17 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-17 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-17 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-17 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-17 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-17 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-01 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 28; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-06 First reading, referred to Health Care. reading-1
• 2017-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-26 Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-01-31 Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2018-02-02 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2018-02-22 HLTC - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-23 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-26 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-09 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-09 Chapter 14, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-09 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f4fa69e-9991-4e58-9304-2547ca027471. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).