---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning curricula for persons in long-term care facilities with behavioral health needs."
description: "Concerning curricula for persons in long-term care facilities with behavioral health needs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1548"
citation: "Washington HB 1548 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SENIOR CITIZENS", "LONG-TERM CARE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb31963c-776e-4bea-aa91-c4b384469da4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1548&year=2017"
source_hash: "e0e3d500a301c00e3c80875aa09952a3c89c315d3524c368aa39f229154cac31"
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 1548 (2017-2018) — Concerning curricula for persons in long-term care facilities with behavioral health needs.

## 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/1548.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1548-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1548-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#31) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Schmick — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-17** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 200, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/eb31963c-776e-4bea-aa91-c4b384469da4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).