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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning county hospital funding."
+description: "Concerning county hospital funding."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2348"
+citation: "Washington HB 2348 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Street"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-12"
+last_action: "2024-03-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8d3b48a-ae7c-4e2c-8daa-e4a583cf0595"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2348&year=2023"
+source_hash: "d3b410a31572c4d490da33a659342f5ead5d3de9f78bd1edb641259b34b12a1d"
+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 2348 (2023-2024) — Concerning county hospital funding.
+
+## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2348.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2348-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2348-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **59–36** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **56–41** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#46) — **31–18** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Street — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-12** First reading, referred to Local Government. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Local Government at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Local Government at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-01-26** LG - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-01-29** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-02** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-05** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (FIN 24). `substitution`
+- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 56; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2024-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-02-23** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-23** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 59; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-29** Chapter 361, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-29** Effective date 6/6/2024*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8d3b48a-ae7c-4e2c-8daa-e4a583cf0595`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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