---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding access to critical incident stress management programs."
description: "Expanding access to critical incident stress management programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2926"
citation: "Washington HB 2926 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING COMMISSION", "COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING", "FIREFIGHTERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL", "FIRST RESPONDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maycumber"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d372d4a-712d-4e31-912b-abd863d77e16"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2926&year=2019"
source_hash: "38ae47eafd0339609ed7d3219707420328b5ed9e80f36d0d5fa8961f98d30058"
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 2926 (2019-2020) — Expanding access to critical incident stress management programs.

## 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/2926.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#32) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#48) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maycumber — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Chandler — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Goehner — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hoff — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Kretz — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** 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; do not pass.
- **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.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 294, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T18:30:00+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/9d372d4a-712d-4e31-912b-abd863d77e16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).