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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1187: Delayed ambulance bills

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1187 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Protecting patients involved in motor vehicle accidents from delayed ambulance bills. Primary sponsor: Cindy Ryu (D). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Governor signed.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official title

AN ACT Relating to protecting patients involved in motor vehicle accidents from delayed ambulance bills;

Nonpartisan staff bill reports (analyses) are available on the official bill page.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Cindy RyuPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse32
Lisa CallanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse5
Jake FeyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Shelley KlobaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Nicole MacriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Edwin ObrasCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse33
Dave PaulCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Gerry PolletCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
My-Linh ThaiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Governor signed.
  2. Chapter 126, 2026 Laws.
  3. Effective date 6/11/2026.
  4. President signed.
  5. Delivered to Governor.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. House concurred in Senate amendments.
  8. Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3.
  9. Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
  10. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  11. Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  12. Placed on second reading consent calendar.

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Washington State Legislature Web Services
  2. Official bill page