---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the nursing facility medicaid payment system."
description: "Concerning the nursing facility medicaid payment system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1564"
citation: "Washington HB 1564 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12a3577f-7124-4af0-a947-e3ff6b1d6a00"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1564&year=2019"
source_hash: "29df5e4c2bc5add464beb376434ee3ad6087a56bcdd252504531d7a52f638870"
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 1564 (2019-2020) — Concerning the nursing facility medicaid payment system.

## 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/1564.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1564.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 301, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-07T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/12a3577f-7124-4af0-a947-e3ff6b1d6a00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).