---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning hospital inspections."
description: "Concerning hospital inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2577"
citation: "Washington HB 2577 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2856a807-3e24-416d-a9b0-852eef42b687"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2577&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c58f7a954148c11eb64ddd76c829fd946bfea2186bfd617bad8f97ac13d01244"
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 2577 (2025-2026) — Concerning hospital inspections.

## 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/2577.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2577-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2577-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-30** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; 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 35, 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/2856a807-3e24-416d-a9b0-852eef42b687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).