---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning privileged communication with peer support group counselors."
description: "Concerning privileged communication with peer support group counselors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1356"
citation: "Washington HB 1356 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRST RESPONDERS", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36f17307-b08f-4bfd-a366-adf7a479093d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1356&year=2019"
source_hash: "a7ea8a4f7087e1da5d98ea174592c456df25db19b5e59da3065bf202b01637f4"
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 1356 (2019-2020) — Concerning privileged communication with peer support group counselors.

## 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/1356.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1356-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#26) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- Mead — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-11** 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`
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Chapter 98, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-01T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36f17307-b08f-4bfd-a366-adf7a479093d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).