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type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing nurses to dispense opioid overdose reversal medication in the emergency department."
description: "Allowing nurses to dispense opioid overdose reversal medication in the emergency department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1761"
citation: "Washington HB 1761 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "HOSPITALS", "SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schmick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2533386f-f56c-40b8-8866-65768afd2fcb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1761&year=2021"
source_hash: "66e06490df669e4384ab11792d61c369f71a41a7f4a4d9487b8190773edaf4ee"
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 1761 (2021-2022) — Allowing nurses to dispense opioid overdose reversal medication in the emergency department.
## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1761.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#10) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Schmick — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 6:00 PM.
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** BH - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 25, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 3/11/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-19T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-16T23:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care at 06:00 PM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2533386f-f56c-40b8-8866-65768afd2fcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).