---
type: "Bill"
title: "Applying substance use disorder monitoring program provisions to nursing assistants."
description: "Applying substance use disorder monitoring program provisions to nursing assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2340"
citation: "Washington HB 2340 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0413f097-2d2f-445f-9484-570f66d54052"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2340&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "9b06fe1172f044731d365f93016122b21005c296ecf57053013a1e0f5242a192"
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 2340 (2025-2026) — Applying substance use disorder monitoring program provisions to nursing assistants.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2340.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2340.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **92–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-30** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16** Chapter 59, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-16** Effective date 7/1/2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0413f097-2d2f-445f-9484-570f66d54052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).