---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the medicaid access program."
description: "Concerning the medicaid access program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2385"
citation: "Washington HB 2385 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df9bce0-283a-4974-abab-3f9991b3dcd6"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2385&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "bf402b3656adc939d14c10701f83ba93677f8237a1cc68066ed35a738f841d4b"
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 2385 (2025-2026) — Concerning the medicaid access program.

## 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/2385.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2385.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **57–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2026-01-28** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 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; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-23** Chapter 153, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-23** 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/6df9bce0-283a-4974-abab-3f9991b3dcd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).