---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting."
description: "Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1346"
citation: "Washington HB 1346 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Springer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d1222cb-86c3-4326-87b5-323a45dd7686"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1346&year=2017"
source_hash: "76f13d9813a3d9bed5fdb082629d45eaaafa7574a30a8a8b816092fc0bfa10cc"
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 1346 (2017-2018) — Clarifying the authority of a nurse working in a school setting.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1346.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1346-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#24) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Springer — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
- **2017-02-27** Committee recommendations adopted and the 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar.
- **2017-02-27** Committee recommendations adopted and the 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Placed on third reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 84, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d1222cb-86c3-4326-87b5-323a45dd7686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).