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Washington Legislature · ESHB 1971 · C 171 L 25

Increasing access to prescription hormone therapy.

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Officially: “Increasing access to prescription hormone therapy. Read the full text

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2025 session

Where it is

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First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. · Feb 13, 2025
HCW - Executive action taken by committee. · Feb 21, 2025
HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. · Feb 21, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Feb 21, 2025
Referred to Appropriations. · Feb 21, 2025
HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. · Feb 21, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Feb 21, 2025
Referred to Appropriations. · Feb 21, 2025
APP - Executive action taken by committee. · Feb 27, 2025
APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness. · Feb 27, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Feb 27, 2025
APP - Executive action taken by committee. · Feb 27, 2025
APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness. · Feb 27, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Feb 27, 2025
Referred to Rules 2 Review. · Feb 28, 2025
Referred to Rules 2 Review. · Feb 28, 2025
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. · Mar 5, 2025
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. · Mar 5, 2025
1st substitute bill substituted. · Mar 8, 2025
1st substitute bill substituted. · Mar 8, 2025
Floor amendment(s) adopted. · Mar 8, 2025
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. · Mar 8, 2025
Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. · Mar 8, 2025
First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. · Mar 11, 2025
HLTC - Majority; do pass. · Mar 25, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Mar 25, 2025
Minority; without recommendation. · Mar 25, 2025
And refer to Ways & Means. · Mar 25, 2025
Referred to Ways & Means. · Mar 26, 2025
WM - Majority; do pass. · Apr 8, 2025
Minority; do not pass. · Apr 8, 2025
Minority; without recommendation. · Apr 8, 2025
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. · Apr 8, 2025
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. · Apr 15, 2025
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. · Apr 16, 2025
Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0. · Apr 16, 2025
Speaker signed. · Apr 18, 2025
President signed. · Apr 19, 2025
Delivered to Governor. · Apr 21, 2025
Governor signed. · Apr 25, 2025
Chapter 171, 2025 Laws. · Apr 25, 2025
Effective date 7/27/2025. · Apr 25, 2025

The numbers

9
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

Nicole MacriBeth DoglioLisa ParshleyLiz BerryAlex RamelTimm OrmsbyGerry PolletShaun ScottNatasha Hill

Recorded votes

3rd Reading & Final PassageSenate · 2025-04-16 · Yea 40, Nay 9, Absent 0, Excused 0
3rd Reading & Final PassageHouse · 2025-03-08 · Yea 58, Nay 38, Absent 0, Excused 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Washington legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.

Who is lobbying on this

Association of Washington Healthcare Plansvia Peggi Lewis Fu
1 filing
From 1 filing in Washington State lobbying disclosures (PDC), via data.wa.gov, naming this bill (2025). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Nothing on this page shows why any vote was cast. Recorded votes and lobbying filings are separate official records, self-reported by different parties, and neither explains the other.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective date 7/27/2025. (Apr 25, 2025).