---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualifying patients in specified health care facilities."
description: "Permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualifying patients in specified health care facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2152"
citation: "Washington HB 2152 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kloba"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-16"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afbdc090-d189-40ca-8220-8ee2bc8a955c"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2152&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d52b9c0075a8f42044ab173cc527e0a5b5753b2f81b686fbd60dfa4b7616a59b"
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 2152 (2025-2026) — Permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualifying patients in specified health care facilities.

## 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/2152.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2152-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2152-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **89–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kloba — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chase — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Obras — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-16** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-21** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-23** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-11** Chapter 20, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-11** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afbdc090-d189-40ca-8220-8ee2bc8a955c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).