---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a behavioral health innovation and integration campus within the University of Washington school of medicine."
description: "Establishing a behavioral health innovation and integration campus within the University of Washington school of medicine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1593"
citation: "Washington HB 1593 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "HOSPITALS", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chopp"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8388a9db-05ea-49c0-8965-adc1024a6486"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1593&year=2019"
source_hash: "00602ee77a52988dee0c60ce0523feeffccaefc22b8685f9105911d67e358637"
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 1593 (2019-2020) — Establishing a behavioral health innovation and integration campus within the University of Washington school of medicine.

## 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/1593.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1593-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1593-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1593-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#20) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chopp — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Capital Budget.
- **2019-02-26** CB - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** CB - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by College & Workforce Development.
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Capital Budget.
- **2019-02-26** CB - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** CB - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by College & Workforce Development.
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2019-03-29** BH - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-24** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-27** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 323, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 AM
- **2019-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Capital Budget at 09:00 AM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-29T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-29T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 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/8388a9db-05ea-49c0-8965-adc1024a6486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).