republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1547.md

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Bill	Exempting certain hospitals from certificate of need requirements for the addition of psychiatric beds until June 2019.	Exempting certain hospitals from certificate of need requirements for the addition of psychiatric beds until June 2019.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1547	Washington HB 1547 (2017-2018)	bill	MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALS	enacted	Schmick	3	29	3	2017-01-23	2017-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/20ae6b54-4510-4433-8121-6a737885e821	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1547&year=2017	8937b37b829ec26f475184634bec92bd43c71a86f4a3ec3ac5370dc230137b77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1547 (2017-2018) — Exempting certain hospitals from certificate of need requirements for the addition of psychiatric beds until June 2019.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#42) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — 29–20 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#7) — 39–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Schmick — primary (person)
• Cody — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-17 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-02-27 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-17 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-02-27 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-27 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-02 First reading, referred to Health Care. reading-1
• 2017-03-28 HLTH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-28 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-29 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-05 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-11 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2017-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-13 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
• 2017-04-19 Senate receded from amendments.
• 2017-04-19 Passed final passage; yeas, 39; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2017-04-20 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-20 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-21 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-05 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-05 Chapter 199, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-05 Effective date 5/5/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20ae6b54-4510-4433-8121-6a737885e821. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).