---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning veteran diversion from involuntary commitment."
description: "Concerning veteran diversion from involuntary commitment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1314"
citation: "Washington HB 1314 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f0f9e45-8668-46d6-9658-01ab82a6b066"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1314&year=2021"
source_hash: "b223af8d2e684c07b260c60fecbdfdad7fbab8bfe3510e38c2ea36efa2ce6e8e"
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 1314 (2021-2022) — Concerning veteran diversion from involuntary commitment.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1314.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1314-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Young — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** BH - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 125, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021*. `became-law`
- **2021-02-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-12T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-15T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-19T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-26T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f0f9e45-8668-46d6-9658-01ab82a6b066`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).