---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning community facilities needed to ensure a continuum of care for behavioral health patients."
description: "Concerning community facilities needed to ensure a continuum of care for behavioral health patients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1394"
citation: "Washington HB 1394 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "HOSPITALS", "MENTAL HEALTH", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-21"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56ac1f12-e21b-4173-8f6c-72f342488ba1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1394&year=2019"
source_hash: "49471fe348a5593c36b968eed229ca6101416a84f5349edc1181c17d62364187"
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 1394 (2019-2020) — Concerning community facilities needed to ensure a continuum of care for behavioral health patients.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1394.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1394-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1394-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#7) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schmick — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-21** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-08** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2019-03-22** BH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-23** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 324, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56ac1f12-e21b-4173-8f6c-72f342488ba1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).