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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Removing health coverage barriers to accessing substance use disorder treatment services."
+description: "Removing health coverage barriers to accessing substance use disorder treatment services."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2642"
+citation: "Washington HB 2642 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2020-01-16"
+last_action: "2020-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c44a3ae-044d-4b4f-b6af-6fd2015bcc96"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2642&year=2019"
+source_hash: "e31594cc3639a9d1b23425b4bf45851498467b8aacff7d15756759b3652c275a"
+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 2642 (2019-2020) — Removing health coverage barriers to accessing substance use disorder treatment services.
+
+## 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/2642.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2642-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2642-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Davis — primary (person)
+- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
+- Cody — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
+- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
+- Thai — cosponsor (person)
+- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
+- Walen — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-07** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
+- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-07** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
+- **2020-02-11** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-14** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-18** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
+- **2020-02-27** BH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2020-02-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-04-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-03** Chapter 345, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-04-03** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-07T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 09:00 AM
+- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
+- **2020-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
+- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c44a3ae-044d-4b4f-b6af-6fd2015bcc96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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