---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving the Washington state behavioral health system for better coordination and recognition with the Indian behavioral health system."
description: "Improving the Washington state behavioral health system for better coordination and recognition with the Indian behavioral health system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1877"
citation: "Washington HB 1877 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lekanoff"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-05"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76d6cdcd-1627-4f70-ac78-d86a7c899b9d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1877&year=2023"
source_hash: "07d7f29af5eedc08ab9199ab942b3d590b4a71f5eb599a662ae13d624119ff02"
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 1877 (2023-2024) — Improving the Washington state behavioral health system for better coordination and recognition with the Indian behavioral health system.

## 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/1877.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1877-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1877-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1877-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#45) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lekanoff — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-26** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-30** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-03** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-19** Chapter 209, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-19** Effective date 6/6/2024***. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76d6cdcd-1627-4f70-ac78-d86a7c899b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).