---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting patient care."
description: "Protecting patient care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1608"
citation: "Washington HB 1608 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOSPITALS", "HEALTH CARE", "NAMED ACTS", "DEATH", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71a969cb-817d-4d22-96d9-510f5df40ef8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1608&year=2019"
source_hash: "489198c6d96a7f1d4636f7d173a35dd42a729ee882585a6c099c3f09d8b230d8"
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 1608 (2019-2020) — Protecting patient care.

## 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/1608.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1608-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1608-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **39–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-22** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 102, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+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/71a969cb-817d-4d22-96d9-510f5df40ef8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).