republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-1608.md

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Bill	Protecting patient care.	Protecting patient care.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	HB 1608	Washington HB 1608 (2019-2020)	bill	HOSPITALS HEALTH CARE NAMED ACTS DEATH HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES	enacted	Macri	3	39	2	2019-01-25	2020-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/71a969cb-817d-4d22-96d9-510f5df40ef8	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1608&year=2019	489198c6d96a7f1d4636f7d173a35dd42a729ee882585a6c099c3f09d8b230d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1608 (2019-2020) — Protecting patient care.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — 65–33 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — 39–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Macri — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Cody — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
• Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Stonier — cosponsor (person)
• Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
• Valdez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-25 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2019-02-22 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-02-22 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2019-03-07 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2019-03-21 Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
• 2020-01-13 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2020-02-16 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-17 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2019-02-22 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2019-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2019-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2019-02-22 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2019-03-07 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2019-03-21 Referred to Rules 2 Consideration.
• 2020-01-13 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2020-02-16 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-17 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-17 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2020-02-17 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-17 Third reading, passed; yeas, 65; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2020-02-20 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2020-02-24 HLTC - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-02-24 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2020-02-25 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-03-02 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2020-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2020-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2020-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2020-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2020-03-25 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2020-03-25 Chapter 102, 2020 Laws. became-law
• 2020-03-25 Effective date 6/11/2020. became-law
• 2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
• 2019-02-22T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
• 2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
• 2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71a969cb-817d-4d22-96d9-510f5df40ef8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).