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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Protecting patient care."
+description: "Protecting patient care."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1608"
+citation: "Washington HB 1608 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HOSPITALS", "HEALTH CARE", "NAMED ACTS", "DEATH", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-25"
+last_action: "2020-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71a969cb-817d-4d22-96d9-510f5df40ef8"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1608&year=2019"
+source_hash: "489198c6d96a7f1d4636f7d173a35dd42a729ee882585a6c099c3f09d8b230d8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1608 (2019-2020) — Protecting patient care.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1608.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1608-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1608-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **65–33** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **39–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Macri — primary (person)
+- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Cody — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
+- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-22** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
+- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2019-02-22** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
+- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2020-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-25** Chapter 102, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71a969cb-817d-4d22-96d9-510f5df40ef8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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