republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1779.md

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Bill	Requiring policies addressing surgical smoke.	Requiring policies addressing surgical smoke.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2021-2022	HB 1779	Washington HB 1779 (2021-2022)	bill	EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES HEALTH AND SAFETY PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS	enacted	Callan	2	34	3	2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00	2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3f894809-bba5-41a4-8324-7ddc59b74b29	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1779&year=2021	4e62e8332224cfc332eb1753c1d54be05e1ac9cc527391b74091d67050489a7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1779 (2021-2022) — Requiring policies addressing surgical smoke.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — 80–16 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — 44–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Callan — primary (person)
• Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Ramos — cosponsor (person)
• Sells — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-05T05:00:00+00:00 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Labor & Workplace Standards. reading-1
• 2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM.
• 2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 8:00 AM.
• 2022-01-21T05:00:00+00:00 LAWS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 1st substitute bill substituted (LAWS 22). substitution
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00 Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs. reading-1
• 2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM.
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 9:30 AM.
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 LCTA - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00 Minority; without recommendation. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 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, 44; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00 Passed final passage; yeas, 81; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Chapter 129, 2022 Laws. became-law
• 2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Effective date 1/1/2024. became-law
• 2022-01-12T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 10:00 AM
• 2022-01-21T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Labor & Workplace Standards at 08:00 AM
• 2022-02-16T15:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 10:30 AM
• 2022-02-21T14:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs at 09:30 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f894809-bba5-41a4-8324-7ddc59b74b29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).