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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting certain hospitals from certificate of need requirements for the addition of psychiatric beds until June 2019."
description: "Exempting certain hospitals from certificate of need requirements for the addition of psychiatric beds until June 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1547"
citation: "Washington HB 1547 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "HOSPITALS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20ae6b54-4510-4433-8121-6a737885e821"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1547&year=2017"
source_hash: "8937b37b829ec26f475184634bec92bd43c71a86f4a3ec3ac5370dc230137b77"
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 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](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1547.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1547-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1547-S.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage (#42) — **970** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **2920** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#7) — **3910** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20ae6b54-4510-4433-8121-6a737885e821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).