---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning traumatic brain injuries in domestic violence cases."
description: "Concerning traumatic brain injuries in domestic violence cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1532"
citation: "Washington HB 1532 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH AND SAFETY", "PUBLIC", "VICTIMS OF CRIMES", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mosbrucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a2383e8-2a25-4ae1-bde5-f1d62406b47f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1532&year=2019"
source_hash: "5775259351220c5c54d7d97176ab361aa866a60aceda8375e673e42d29383a27"
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 1532 (2019-2020) — Concerning traumatic brain injuries in domestic violence cases.

## 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/1532.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1532-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#23) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mosbrucker — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** First reading, referred to Public Safety. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Public Safety.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-19** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-27** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Public Safety.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Chapter 110, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Public Safety at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a2383e8-2a25-4ae1-bde5-f1d62406b47f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).