---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a state medical reserve corps."
description: "Establishing a state medical reserve corps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1452"
citation: "Washington HB 1452 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timmons"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b94e3e0-efd7-463d-8959-76dc7b9adacf"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1452&year=2023"
source_hash: "df8c0606d05cefaf63d51a4a7540ece0068a150c56f9e72390200c87f5224d87"
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 1452 (2023-2024) — Establishing a state medical reserve 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1452.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1452-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1452-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1452-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#46) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Timmons — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-25** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-16** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-16** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 210, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** Effective date 5/1/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b94e3e0-efd7-463d-8959-76dc7b9adacf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).