---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning substance use disorder professional practice."
description: "Concerning substance use disorder professional practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1768"
citation: "Washington HB 1768 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/718e9467-6a17-4aae-9a51-c4c58e4284f7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1768&year=2019"
source_hash: "467132efb5f7d68298ec063dafe4d90f19903bd907031f929ed7daf10ff2f857"
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 1768 (2019-2020) — Concerning substance use disorder professional practice.

## 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/1768.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1768-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1768-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#11) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** 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** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-22** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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).
- **2019-04-02** On motion, 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** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-17** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **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`
- **2019-04-26** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2019-04-27** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2019-04-27** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-04-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-28** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-28** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-28** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 444, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 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
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+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/718e9467-6a17-4aae-9a51-c4c58e4284f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).