republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2408.md

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Bill	Preserving access to individual market health care coverage throughout Washington state.	Preserving access to individual market health care coverage throughout Washington state.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2408	Washington HB 2408 (2017-2018)	bill	INSURANCE	enacted	Cody	3	46	3	2018-01-05	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/eff90072-7da1-4dd0-a4ca-746d960e980a	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2408&year=2017	796202e39a3b8692d08282b353830b35af577258e93bf17c0f376489b694000e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2408 (2017-2018) — Preserving access to individual market health care coverage throughout Washington state.

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 (#14) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — 58–40 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — 30–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cody — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-05 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-02 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-02 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-02 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-02 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2018-02-06 APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-14 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-02 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-02 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-02 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-02 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2018-02-06 APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-14 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-14 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-14 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-14 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-16 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2018-02-22 HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-22 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health & Long Term Care.
• 2018-02-26 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-03-01 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-07 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2018-03-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-03-08 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2018-03-08 Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter 219, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-22 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eff90072-7da1-4dd0-a4ca-746d960e980a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).