---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding health care workforce eligibility."
description: "Expanding health care workforce eligibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1411"
citation: "Washington HB 1411 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "LONG-TERM CARE", "VULNERABLE ADULTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ccfd996-0804-4b83-a8da-bfdcb0a431fe"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1411&year=2021"
source_hash: "2f17db8cc60d4c97e0865eecbe8927603737c6c004e7f0cf5869ed1e599042e9"
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 1411 (2021-2022) — Expanding health care workforce eligibility.

## 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/1411.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1411-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **29–18** (pass) · upper
- 630 Rivers Pg 2 Ln 19 (#11) — **20–26** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **58–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **58–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **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`
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 21). `substitution`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **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, 29; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 219, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021*. `became-law`
- **2021-02-08T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-26T12:00:00+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/4ccfd996-0804-4b83-a8da-bfdcb0a431fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).