---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning midwifery and doula services for incarcerated women."
description: "Concerning midwifery and doula services for incarcerated women."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2016"
citation: "Washington HB 2016 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE", "HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeBolt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b323fbc-03cc-4d98-b7ba-10303d7cec6d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2016&year=2017"
source_hash: "30ecbd16dabb7a681ddf5c7b03911e1acbaf3bd8a2ebb1779c2049e1a26f26a9"
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 2016 (2017-2018) — Concerning midwifery and doula services for incarcerated women.

## 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/2016.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2016-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeBolt — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-16** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 41, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b323fbc-03cc-4d98-b7ba-10303d7cec6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).