---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning workplace violence in health care settings."
description: "Concerning workplace violence in health care settings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1931"
citation: "Washington HB 1931 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROFESSIONS", "VOLUNTEERS AND VOLUNTEERING", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1701ecc-6977-4680-a31d-be9078a80932"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1931&year=2019"
source_hash: "a81a9618a0ad9e65dae918821b706bda3adb37b861bf729f7d85869838e00f5a"
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 1931 (2019-2020) — Concerning workplace violence in health care settings.

## 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/1931.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1931-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#19) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-18** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **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 Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-19** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-05** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 430, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 1/1/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards 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
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-26T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1701ecc-6977-4680-a31d-be9078a80932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).