---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning assisted outpatient treatment for persons with behavioral health disorders."
description: "Concerning assisted outpatient treatment for persons with behavioral health disorders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1773"
citation: "Washington HB 1773 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a1bc811-fa9e-4850-99e5-c7baf09b30df"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1773&year=2021"
source_hash: "70550b87eb9f5b23a529518a7c43d5c1608689077bf71e57dc2dddb589246482"
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 1773 (2021-2022) — Concerning assisted outpatient treatment for persons with behavioral health disorders.

## 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/1773.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1773-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#21) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **87–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 6:00 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 12:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** BH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 90; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 210, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022***. `became-law`
- **2022-01-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2022-01-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-05T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-07T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T23:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 06:00 PM
- **2022-02-24T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 12:30 PM
- **2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+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/0a1bc811-fa9e-4850-99e5-c7baf09b30df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).