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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning workplace violence in health care settings."
+description: "Concerning workplace violence in health care settings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1162"
+citation: "Washington HB 1162 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-06"
+last_action: "2025-05-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1371670f-7731-4a24-9a7e-d5ea2e1f10a2"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1162&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "28acc5bded10c210b06f51a6a6260805605676bd2e3e8986f8a672b10317047a"
+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 1162 (2025-2026) — Concerning workplace violence in health care settings.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1162.htm)
+2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1162-S2.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1162-S2.PL.htm)
+4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1162-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leavitt — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
+- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-15** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-01-22** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-01-22** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-01-24** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-03-21** LC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Labor & Commerce. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-17** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-17** Chapter 303, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-17** Effective date 1/1/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1371670f-7731-4a24-9a7e-d5ea2e1f10a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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