---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the peer support group testimonial privilege to include staff persons of the department of corrections."
description: "Extending the peer support group testimonial privilege to include staff persons of the department of corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2762"
citation: "Washington HB 2762 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS", "CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT", "FIRST RESPONDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rude"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/069a9060-0eed-4e74-9600-d2b47d502085"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2762&year=2019"
source_hash: "481d845c9a9b48cff7e1595118452398defbcd4c4c9c6c67d3012cfcf6b0356a"
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 2762 (2019-2020) — Extending the peer support group testimonial privilege to include staff persons of the department of corrections.

## 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/2762.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rude — primary (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** CRJ - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** LAW - 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.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 42, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-29T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T15:00:00+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/069a9060-0eed-4e74-9600-d2b47d502085`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).