---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding adolescent behavioral health care access."
description: "Expanding adolescent behavioral health care access."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2883"
citation: "Washington HB 2883 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "CHILDREN", "HEALTH CARE FACILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eslick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abe3cc5e-9aab-4fdd-9461-4f589748f7ad"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2883&year=2019"
source_hash: "9a14eba1b9185a17601f9efc0a319cfc149e8db512385947c77dea531bb003c3"
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 2883 (2019-2020) — Expanding adolescent behavioral health care access.

## 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/2883.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2883-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eslick — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-07** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-14** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** 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.
- **2020-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-27** Chapter 185, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-27** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **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/abe3cc5e-9aab-4fdd-9461-4f589748f7ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).