---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting first responder wellness and peer support."
description: "Supporting first responder wellness and peer support."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2311"
citation: "Washington HB 2311 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b123398-bd2e-4aae-aad4-1a0bd5d58c3a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2311&year=2023"
source_hash: "a850a83180eba982752481ec7c0f93ccef5220b980ab610d9db2993af412e5d3"
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 2311 (2023-2024) — Supporting first responder wellness and peer support.

## 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/2311.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2311-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2311-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2311-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2311-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Couture — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** First reading, referred to Community Safety, Justice, & Reentry. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Community Safety at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Community Safety at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-29** CSJR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Public hearing and executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-10** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-10** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 1:30 PM.
- **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`
- **2024-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Chapter 295, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-26** 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/8b123398-bd2e-4aae-aad4-1a0bd5d58c3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).