republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-1065.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting consumers from charges for out-of-network health care services."
description: "Protecting consumers from charges for out-of-network health care services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1065"
citation: "Washington HB 1065 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSUMER PROTECTION", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "HOSPITALS", "INSURANCE", "NAMED ACTS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1d59df9-6bb8-4eb7-9cbc-ad7f7bf6031d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1065&year=2019"
source_hash: "2f4b18fa407a11d90d127da491333ac0015db2f9d174ba2ed86453469d7789a5"
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 1065 (2019-2020) — Protecting consumers from charges for out-of-network health care services.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1065.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1065-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1065-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#2) — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cody — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-17** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-01** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 84; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health & Long Term Care.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 427, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-15T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-29T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1d59df9-6bb8-4eb7-9cbc-ad7f7bf6031d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).