---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a nurse educator loan repayment program under the Washington health corps."
description: "Establishing a nurse educator loan repayment program under the Washington health corps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2007"
citation: "Washington HB 2007 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE", "OFFICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2490307-a441-4f2a-91a9-d8562c640fa7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2007&year=2021"
source_hash: "d920b287bb39c760addba422fef51a64ae1e7a69261a8aa3ffb67dcc6eb1a45f"
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 2007 (2021-2022) — Establishing a nurse educator loan repayment program under the Washington health corps.

## 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/2007.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** CWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 276, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-27T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 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/d2490307-a441-4f2a-91a9-d8562c640fa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).