---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing medical assistance to incarcerated persons."
description: "Providing medical assistance to incarcerated persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1348"
citation: "Washington HB 1348 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "MENTAL HEALTH", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4719f58e-61eb-4a55-9e10-1b27dd1d6b44"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1348&year=2021"
source_hash: "1614202d6efe4f91fc6f953128c5a3f6eefa1de59b3a1a7a99452ffaaa083851"
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 1348 (2021-2022) — Providing medical assistance to incarcerated persons.

## 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/1348.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1348-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Health Care & Wellness. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** HSRR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 166, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-04T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-11T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4719f58e-61eb-4a55-9e10-1b27dd1d6b44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).