republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6399.md

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Bill	Concerning telemedicine payment parity.	Concerning telemedicine payment parity.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6399	Washington SB 6399 (2017-2018)	bill	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICE AUDITOR STATE HEALTH CARE INSURANCE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY	enacted	Becker	2	23	2	2018-01-15	2018-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d304f94b-2408-4b20-aaa4-be7ba4967d2f	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6399&year=2017	ea18a179d89c3aca393f212cf390884d9c16b6c3e4fde30ae61b376d79d06e26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6399 (2017-2018) — Concerning telemedicine payment parity.

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 (#25) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Becker — primary (person)
• Bailey — cosponsor (person)
• Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
• Fain — cosponsor (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Rivers — cosponsor (person)
• Van De Wege — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-15 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2018-02-01 HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-02 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-01 HLTC - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-02 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-02-13 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-21 HCW - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-26 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-27 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-27 Chapter 283, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-27 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d304f94b-2408-4b20-aaa4-be7ba4967d2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).