---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorders of 911 emergency dispatch personnel."
description: "Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorders of 911 emergency dispatch personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2758"
citation: "Washington HB 2758 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "WORKERS' COMPENSATION", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e896e899-dc08-4b5d-9ab2-7076cf4e9355"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2758&year=2019"
source_hash: "427cb048c2415217e812abad5c5f671421679d38472cdc336f39ff9f4c5aba6e"
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 2758 (2019-2020) — Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorders of 911 emergency dispatch personnel.

## 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/2758.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2758-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corry — primary (person)
- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 234, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-06T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e896e899-dc08-4b5d-9ab2-7076cf4e9355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).