---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning disclosures of information and records related to forensic mental health services."
description: "Concerning disclosures of information and records related to forensic mental health services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2416"
citation: "Washington HB 2416 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/019e2296-7437-420d-b61c-8d34966f0257"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2416&year=2019"
source_hash: "68a5fb0e6821d03c36cb4479b68dadc14343bb3314a762148daf60a69fcd1c94"
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 2416 (2019-2020) — Concerning disclosures of information and records related to forensic mental health services.

## 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/2416.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#5) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2020-02-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-20** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.
- **2020-02-27** BH - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Chapter 81, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/019e2296-7437-420d-b61c-8d34966f0257`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).