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Washington · 2025–26 Regular Sessions · Bill

HB 1971: Prescription hormone therapy

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 1971 is a bill introduced in the Washington House on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Increasing access to prescription hormone therapy. Primary sponsor: Nicole Macri (D). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 25, 2025): 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 increasing access to prescription hormone therapy to patients of all ages by requiring health plans to provide reimbursement for a 12-month refill of prescription hormone therapy obtained at one time by an enrollee;

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

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nicole MacriPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Liz BerryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Beth DoglioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Natasha HillCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Timm OrmsbyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Lisa ParshleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse22
Gerry PolletCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Alex RamelCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Shaun ScottCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43

“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 171, 2025 Laws.
  3. Effective date 7/27/2025.
  4. Delivered to Governor.
  5. President signed.
  6. Speaker signed.
  7. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
  8. Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 0.
  9. Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. WM - Majority; do pass.
  12. Minority; do not pass.

Showing 12 most recent of 33 actions. Full history

Sources

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