---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Washington health corps to support health care professionals who provide service in underserved communities."
description: "Creating the Washington health corps to support health care professionals who provide service in underserved communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1668"
citation: "Washington HB 1668 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL", "MENTAL HEALTH", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "STUDIES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3d4f0da-e8a8-4adf-858d-0b8e6298e8d5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1668&year=2019"
source_hash: "74a20a00000799edcbf1d25b488b038733fbc994e2ea8e2a3c49c9b6bac40a5c"
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 1668 (2019-2020) — Creating the Washington health corps to support health care professionals who provide service in underserved communities.

## 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/1668.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1668-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1668-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#10) — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** 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`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-20** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** 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`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-02** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** 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.
- **2019-04-16** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** 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 302, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** 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
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development 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
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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/f3d4f0da-e8a8-4adf-858d-0b8e6298e8d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).