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type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Washington health corps behavioral health scholarship program."
description: "Creating the Washington health corps behavioral health scholarship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1946"
citation: "Washington HB 1946 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eslick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-14"
last_action: "2024-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a8fccd4-2f34-4d7f-aece-13e76a30d5da"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1946&year=2023"
source_hash: "ce8e3523206ea85acd6bcc994cd3e0e00ceb152a8b81783c2895b985ef11edc9"
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 1946 (2023-2024) — Creating the Washington health corps behavioral health scholarship program.
## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1946.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1946.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#49) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#37) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Eslick — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-12-14** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-12** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-01** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-01** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-29** Chapter 369, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-29** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a8fccd4-2f34-4d7f-aece-13e76a30d5da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).