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type: "Bill"
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title: "Requiring coverage for hearing instruments."
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description: "Requiring coverage for hearing instruments."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 1222"
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citation: "Washington HB 1222 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-11"
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last_action: "2023-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8f6ec68-0be1-4678-b888-52da45a38ecf"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1222&year=2023"
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source_hash: "a191b5a7b38626a62bf04bc62f9cd035daf990b6083fe1dd78bb5c2d18d13d58"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1222 (2023-2024) — Requiring coverage for hearing instruments.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1222.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1222-S.E.htm)
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3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1222-S.htm)
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4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1222-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **88–8** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Orwall — primary (person)
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- Callan — cosponsor (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
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- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
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- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
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- **2023-01-27** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2023-01-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-01-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-01-30** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-08** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
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- **2023-02-08** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2023-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 23). `substitution`
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- **2023-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
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- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
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- **2023-03-16** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-31** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2023-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 88; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
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- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Chapter 245, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8f6ec68-0be1-4678-b888-52da45a38ecf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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