---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protecting patients in acute care hospitals."
description: "Protecting patients in acute care hospitals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "Washington HB 1148 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOSPITALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef35da2e-23cc-4851-82fe-29edd91b25a1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1148&year=2021"
source_hash: "07cc8149220c1187e6c439b53457c4f41dd658ca4e06cb4b0f0d99b45c2c4a28"
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 1148 (2021-2022) — Protecting patients in acute care hospitals.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1148.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1148-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1148-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **60–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cody — primary (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 60; nays, 37; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 16; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 61, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
- **2021-01-27T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-09T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-02-11T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-03-19T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-24T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on 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/ef35da2e-23cc-4851-82fe-29edd91b25a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).