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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating health benefit exchange statutes."
description: "Updating health benefit exchange statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2516"
citation: "Washington HB 2516 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cody"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb6662e0-ae94-45f9-9e5a-b7e94ad9d1d5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2516&year=2017"
source_hash: "62b88a13bfab5e02ec68ac08deb133ac5af923be52107119e3a5dec726fe2bff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2516.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2516-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **3712** (pass) · upper
- 722 Schmick Pg 16 Ln 24 (#48) — **4751** (fail) · lower
- Final Passage (#49) — **5840** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb6662e0-ae94-45f9-9e5a-b7e94ad9d1d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).