republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2025-2026/hb-1971.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Increasing access to prescription hormone therapy.	Increasing access to prescription hormone therapy.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2025-2026	HB 1971	Washington HB 1971 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Macri	4	39	2	2025-02-13	2025-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/09cdb8a1-7dcc-4641-8bf9-7d1371df4447	https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1971&Year=2025&Initiative=false	cd2906d13de6238ba8b9988494837598b8fdab20386dd8224005864401e99031	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1971 (2025-2026) — Increasing access to prescription hormone therapy.

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

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — 40–9 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — 58–38 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Macri — primary (person)
• Berry — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Parshley — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Ramel — cosponsor (person)
• Scott — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-13 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2025-02-18 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-21 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-02-21 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2025-02-21 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-21 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2025-02-25 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-02-27 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2025-02-27 APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-27 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-02-28 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-08 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 25). substitution
• 2025-03-08 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2025-03-08 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-03-08 Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2025-03-11 First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. reading-1
• 2025-03-21 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2025-03-25 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
• 2025-03-25 HLTC - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-25 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-03-25 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-08 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2025-04-08 WM - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-08 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2025-04-08 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2025-04-15 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2025-04-16 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2025-04-16 Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2025-04-18 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-04-19 President signed. passage
• 2025-04-21 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-25 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-04-25 Chapter 171, 2025 Laws. became-law
• 2025-04-25 Effective date 7/27/2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09cdb8a1-7dcc-4641-8bf9-7d1371df4447. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).