---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating the children's mental health work group."
description: "Updating the children's mental health work group."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2737"
citation: "Washington HB 2737 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Callan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-20"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ff3a1b9-03a7-4348-8dff-38b86bd15b9f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2737&year=2019"
source_hash: "711231bb1741baf44d287843264922adbf96d482e310a284cf4824c748f52d21"
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 2737 (2019-2020) — Updating the children's mental health work group.

## 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/2737.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2737-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2737-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Callan — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-20** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-31** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-13** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2020-02-27** BH - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 130, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+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/0ff3a1b9-03a7-4348-8dff-38b86bd15b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).