type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
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identifier |
citation |
classification |
subjects |
status |
primary_sponsors |
version_count |
action_count |
vote_count |
first_action |
last_action |
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tags |
| Bill |
Concerning medical debt. |
Concerning medical debt. |
us/states/wa |
Washington Legislature |
2019-2020 |
HB 1531 |
Washington HB 1531 (2019-2020) |
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enacted |
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2 |
29 |
3 |
2019-01-23 |
2019-04-30 |
openstates |
ocd-bill/f0271465-48ec-4abb-ba64-8b037f56f64e |
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1531&year=2019 |
c3d89f610fb3a09256404a71e4d7d8c63baf6ca3e04c5bfa2f9ed2d3f770f83a |
2026-07-01 |
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump |
2026-07-06 |
reported |
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Washington HB 1531 (2019-2020) — Concerning medical debt.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#31) — 89–4 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#32) — 90–4 (pass) · lower
- Jinkins — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-23 First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.
reading-1
- 2019-02-15 CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-02-15 Minority; do not pass.
- 2019-02-19 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- 2019-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- 2019-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-02-15 CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
passage
- 2019-02-15 Minority; do not pass.
- 2019-02-19 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- 2019-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- 2019-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted.
substitution
- 2019-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3
- 2019-03-05 First reading, referred to Law & Justice.
reading-1
- 2019-03-21 LAW - Majority; do pass.
- 2019-03-22 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2019-04-11 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- 2019-04-15 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- 2019-04-15 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
- 2019-04-18 Speaker signed.
passage
- 2019-04-25 President signed.
passage
- 2019-04-26 Delivered to Governor.
- 2019-04-30 Governor signed.
executive-signature
- 2019-04-30 Chapter 227, 2019 Laws.
became-law
- 2019-04-30 Effective date 7/28/2019.
became-law
- 2019-02-06T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- 2019-02-15T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- 2019-03-14T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- 2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0271465-48ec-4abb-ba64-8b037f56f64e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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