Bill Commons

WA HB 1971

enacted

Increasing access to prescription hormone therapy.

Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WA HB 1971 pass?

Yes. WA HB 1971 has been enacted into law as of 2025-04-25. Latest recorded action (2025-04-25): Effective date 7/27/2025.

What is WA HB 1971 about?

WA HB 1971 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Increasing access to prescription hormone therapy.”.

Who sponsors WA HB 1971?

Macri is the primary sponsor of WA HB 1971, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-04-25 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Macriprimary
  • Scottcosponsor
  • Polletcosponsor
  • Ormsbycosponsor
  • Hillcosponsor
  • Berrycosponsor
  • Parshleycosponsor
  • Dogliocosponsor
  • Ramelcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-13

    First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.

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  2. 2025-02-18

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.

  3. 2025-02-21

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.

  4. 2025-02-21

    HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

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  5. 2025-02-21

    Minority; do not pass.

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  6. 2025-02-21

    Referred to Appropriations.

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  7. 2025-02-25

    Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.

  8. 2025-02-27

    Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.

  9. 2025-02-27

    APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.

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  10. 2025-02-27

    Minority; do not pass.

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  11. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Rules 2 Review.

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  12. 2025-03-05

    Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

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  13. 2025-03-08

    1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 25).

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  14. 2025-03-08

    Floor amendment(s) adopted.

  15. 2025-03-08

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  16. 2025-03-08

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2.

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  17. 2025-03-11

    First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.

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  18. 2025-03-21

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.

  19. 2025-03-25

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.

  20. 2025-03-25

    HLTC - Majority; do pass.

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  21. 2025-03-25

    Minority; do not pass.

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  22. 2025-03-25

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  23. 2025-03-25

    And refer to Ways & Means.

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  24. 2025-03-26

    Referred to Ways & Means.

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  25. 2025-04-04

    Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  26. 2025-04-08

    Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.

  27. 2025-04-08

    WM - Majority; do pass.

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  28. 2025-04-08

    Minority; do not pass.

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  29. 2025-04-08

    Minority; without recommendation.

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  30. 2025-04-08

    Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

  31. 2025-04-15

    Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.

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  32. 2025-04-16

    Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

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  33. 2025-04-16

    Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0.

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  34. 2025-04-18

    Speaker signed.

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  35. 2025-04-19

    President signed.

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  36. 2025-04-21

    Delivered to Governor.

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  37. 2025-04-25

    Governor signed.

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  38. 2025-04-25

    Chapter 171, 2025 Laws.

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  39. 2025-04-25

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3)

    2025-03-08 · pass · 58-38

    Member-level votes (98)
    • Abbarno: no
    • Abell: no
    • Barkis: no
    • Barnard: no
    • Berg: yes
    • Bergquist: yes
    • Bernbaum: yes
    • Berry: yes
    • Bronoske: yes
    • Burnett: no
    • Callan: yes
    • Chase: no
    • Connors: no
    • Corry: no
    • Cortes: yes
    • Couture: no
    • Davis: yes
    • Dent: no
    • Doglio: yes
    • Donaghy: yes
    • Duerr: yes
    • Dufault: no
    • Dye: no
    • Engell: no
    • Entenman: yes
    • Eslick: other
    • Farivar: yes
    • Fey: yes
    • Fitzgibbon: yes
    • Fosse: yes
    • Goodman: yes
    • Graham: no
    • Gregerson: yes
    • Griffey: no
    • Hackney: other
    • Hill: yes
    • Hunt: yes
    • Jacobsen: no
    • Jinkins: yes
    • Keaton: no
    • Klicker: no
    • Kloba: yes
    • Leavitt: yes
    • Lekanoff: yes
    • Ley: no
    • Low: no
    • Macri: yes
    • Manjarrez: no
    • Marshall: no
    • McClintock: no
    • McEntire: no
    • Mena: yes
    • Mendoza: no
    • Morgan: yes
    • Nance: yes
    • Obras: yes
    • Orcutt: no
    • Ormsby: yes
    • Ortiz-Self: yes
    • Parshley: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Penner: no
    • Peterson: yes
    • Pollet: yes
    • Ramel: yes
    • Reed: yes
    • Reeves: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Rude: no
    • Rule: yes
    • Ryu: yes
    • Salahuddin: yes
    • Santos: yes
    • Schmick: no
    • Schmidt: no
    • Scott: yes
    • Shavers: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Springer: yes
    • Stearns: yes
    • Steele: no
    • Stokesbary: no
    • Stonier: yes
    • Street: yes
    • Stuebe: no
    • Taylor: yes
    • Thai: yes
    • Tharinger: yes
    • Thomas: yes
    • Timmons: yes
    • Valdez: no
    • Volz: no
    • Walen: yes
    • Walsh: no
    • Waters: no
    • Wylie: yes
    • Ybarra: no
    • Zahn: yes

  • 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13)

    2025-04-16 · pass · 40-9

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bateman: yes
    • Boehnke: yes
    • Braun: no
    • Chapman: yes
    • Christian: no
    • Cleveland: yes
    • Conway: yes
    • Cortes: yes
    • Dhingra: yes
    • Dozier: yes
    • Fortunato: no
    • Frame: yes
    • Gildon: no
    • Goehner: yes
    • Hansen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hasegawa: yes
    • Holy: yes
    • Kauffman: yes
    • King: yes
    • Krishnadasan: yes
    • Liias: yes
    • Lovelett: yes
    • Lovick: yes
    • MacEwen: no
    • McCune: no
    • Muzzall: yes
    • Nobles: yes
    • Orwall: yes
    • Pedersen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Riccelli: yes
    • Robinson: yes
    • Saldaña: yes
    • Salomon: yes
    • Schoesler: yes
    • Shewmake: yes
    • Short: no
    • Slatter: yes
    • Stanford: yes
    • Torres: no
    • Trudeau: yes
    • Valdez: yes
    • Wagoner: yes
    • Warnick: yes
    • Wellman: yes
    • Wilson, C.: yes
    • Wilson, J.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1971&Year=2025&Initiative=false

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