---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a pilot program for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment and research."
description: "Establishing a pilot program for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment and research."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2405"
citation: "Washington HB 2405 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmidt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8e8a8e5-cae0-49a2-bf38-ba5c25f0acb0"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2405&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "5051d8d8d3f06fc81a9d0f3e44e522bad0d2eb8c9c7175482fc5774394790be6"
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 2405 (2025-2026) — Establishing a pilot program for posttraumatic stress disorder treatment and research.

## 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/2405.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2405-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2405-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **90–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-01-30** LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Labor & Workplace Standards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 7. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 10:45 AM.
- **2026-02-24** LC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Chapter 220, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-25** 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/b8e8a8e5-cae0-49a2-bf38-ba5c25f0acb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).