---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a law enforcement grant program to expand alternatives to arrest and jail processes."
description: "Establishing a law enforcement grant program to expand alternatives to arrest and jail processes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1767"
citation: "Washington HB 1767 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "SHERIFFS AND POLICE CHIEFS", "WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF (WASPC)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f95b147e-82d2-4618-a728-20a67dd16f53"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1767&year=2019"
source_hash: "bab6f6db0198347925db21a288d0d2b99565fbd7b751655fb7810bdc228ef6ca"
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 1767 (2019-2020) — Establishing a law enforcement grant program to expand alternatives to arrest and jail processes.

## 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/1767.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1767-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1767-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#37) — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pellicciotti — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **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.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-21** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **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.
- **2019-03-06** 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.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2019-03-29** BH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **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.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 378, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 08:00 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
- **2019-03-22T17:30:00+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
- **2019-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **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/f95b147e-82d2-4618-a728-20a67dd16f53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).