---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the hospital safety net program."
description: "Concerning the hospital safety net program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1850"
citation: "Washington HB 1850 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2f54003-88aa-43a3-a61e-670888426c5c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1850&year=2023"
source_hash: "019aaf28ba0610c1849a4c0f2ab491ad630fec240b489c7485526862cb5c3cb0"
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 1850 (2023-2024) — Concerning the hospital safety net program.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1850.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1850-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1850-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#31) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-31** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-03-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-10** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:30 PM.
- **2023-04-10** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 430, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** Effective date Contingent*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2f54003-88aa-43a3-a61e-670888426c5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).