---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning health care provider and health care facility whistleblower protections."
description: "Concerning health care provider and health care facility whistleblower protections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1049"
citation: "Washington HB 1049 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOSPITALS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-12-14"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1712f3f9-f396-4963-9fe4-d5d082a9cca9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1049&year=2019"
source_hash: "38958de137f1a7ecfbc7dc7de547e12b3b89cf9265bf2090f5c8e82a47436517"
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 1049 (2019-2020) — Concerning health care provider and health care facility whistleblower protections.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1049.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1049-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#32) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2019-01-14** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-01-18** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter 62, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-19** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-15T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-18T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1712f3f9-f396-4963-9fe4-d5d082a9cca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).