republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2516.md

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Bill	Updating health benefit exchange statutes.	Updating health benefit exchange statutes.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2516	Washington HB 2516 (2017-2018)	bill	INSURANCE	enacted	Cody	2	26	3	2018-01-10	2018-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/cb6662e0-ae94-45f9-9e5a-b7e94ad9d1d5	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2516&year=2017	62b88a13bfab5e02ec68ac08deb133ac5af923be52107119e3a5dec726fe2bff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2516 (2017-2018) — Updating health benefit exchange statutes.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — 37–12 (pass) · upper
• 722 Schmick Pg 16 Ln 24 (#48) — 47–51 (fail) · lower
• Final Passage (#49) — 58–40 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cody — primary (person)
• Caldier — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-01-31 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-31 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-02 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-31 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-31 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-02 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-02-14 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2018-02-22 HLTC - Majority; do 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, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-03 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-06 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-13 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-13 Chapter 44, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-13 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb6662e0-ae94-45f9-9e5a-b7e94ad9d1d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).