republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-1508.md

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Bill	Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board.	Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 1508	Washington HB 1508 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Macri	5	47	3	2023-01-23	2024-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/b9389108-7d86-4444-b0e5-987dc1e4bfd9	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1508&year=2023	503d4ec3e57cf7d703a2b15aa61126e717f31e4eb61f22fee8491b95382756ed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1508 (2023-2024) — Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board.

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. Second Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 57–38 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — 94–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — 45–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Macri — primary (person)
• Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
• Bateman — cosponsor (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Callan — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Stonier — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-23 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2023-02-01 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2023-02-08 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2023-02-10 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-02-10 HCW - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-10 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-13 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2023-02-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2023-02-24 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2023-02-24 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2023-02-24 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-24 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2023-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2023-03-06 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 23). substitution
• 2023-03-06 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2023-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2023-03-08 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2023-03-17 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2023-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2024-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2024-01-16 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2024-02-06 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-08 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-15 HLTC - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-15 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-19 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
• 2024-02-23 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-23 WM - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-23 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-27 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 1; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-01 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-04 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-14 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-14 Chapter 80, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-14 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9389108-7d86-4444-b0e5-987dc1e4bfd9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).