---
type: "Bill"
title: "Preventing suicide."
description: "Preventing suicide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2411"
citation: "Washington HB 2411 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING", "PSYCHOLOGISTS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "VETERINARIANS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eec46c9-cead-4673-b36e-fd1162ccf6dc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2411&year=2019"
source_hash: "b7f0dcf48b0dee84618b8a4d59d3ae4423b0c2a7788f69061e9da26ff6723a25"
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 2411 (2019-2020) — Preventing suicide.

## 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/2411.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2411-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2411-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#45) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-31** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-14** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 229, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-01-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-31T13:00:00+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/4eec46c9-cead-4673-b36e-fd1162ccf6dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).