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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board."
description: "Improving consumer affordability through the health care cost transparency board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1508"
citation: "Washington HB 1508 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9389108-7d86-4444-b0e5-987dc1e4bfd9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1508&year=2023"
source_hash: "503d4ec3e57cf7d703a2b15aa61126e717f31e4eb61f22fee8491b95382756ed"
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 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](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1508.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1508-S.E.htm)
3. **Second Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1508-S.E2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1508-S.htm)
5. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1508-S.PL.htm)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9389108-7d86-4444-b0e5-987dc1e4bfd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).