---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving access to appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services."
description: "Improving access to appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1432"
citation: "Washington HB 1432 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0c7418e-42d4-42a6-a0d0-50c0883beb3d"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1432&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "50fa239aec160ee9ea8c4d7757b6d091eb3c9800ad0f8fac8aded849697d3d2f"
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 1432 (2025-2026) — Improving access to appropriate mental health and substance use disorder services.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1432.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1432-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1432-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1432-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1432-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **78–19** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **72–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-27** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-14** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-03-27** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health & Long-Term Care. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 78; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-12** Chapter 227, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-12** Effective date 7/27/2025*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0c7418e-42d4-42a6-a0d0-50c0883beb3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).