WA People
BILL · 1999–00 SESSION

HB 1301: Children's health insurance

Creating the children's health insurance program.

Summary

  • [See attached chart] HB 1301 creates the Children's Health Insurance Program under the auspices of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). The program provides health insurance coverage to persons age 18 and under whose family income is between 200 and 250 percent of the federal poverty level.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 1301), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 21, 1999
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jeanne Edwards (D-1)
Introduced
January 21, 1999 in the House
Last action
January 10, 2000
Requested by
Governor
Companion bill
SB 5416
Budget
Has a fiscal note

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jeanne Edwards (D-1)

23 co-sponsors (23 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Laura Ruderman D-45Steve Conway D-29Jeff Morris D-40Eileen Cody D-11Shay Schual-Berke D-33Lynn Kessler D-24Phil Rockefeller D-23Sandra Romero D-22Al O'Brien D-1Erik Poulsen D-34Kathy Haigh D-35Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney D-46Patricia Lantz D-26John Lovick D-44Ruth Kagi D-32Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Karen Keiser D-33Val Ogden D-49Velma Veloria D-11Jeff Gombosky D-3Pat Scott D-38Alex Wood D-3Jim McIntire D-46

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.

HB 1301 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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