---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending liability protections for responders dispatched from mobile rapid response crisis teams and community-based crisis teams."
description: "Extending liability protections for responders dispatched from mobile rapid response crisis teams and community-based crisis teams."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2088"
citation: "Washington HB 2088 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2e5367-be49-4511-b648-f988651a3efc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2088&year=2023"
source_hash: "c4f9b0e22339ca8b6ad06a05dfdc4bb5f29c3a5db108dbf6f08ba15d7cadf90d"
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 2088 (2023-2024) — Extending liability protections for responders dispatched from mobile rapid response crisis teams and community-based crisis teams.

## 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/2088.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2088.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2088.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-26** CRJ - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-29** Chapter 370, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-29** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad2e5367-be49-4511-b648-f988651a3efc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).