republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-2247.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Addressing behavioral health provider shortages.	Addressing behavioral health provider shortages.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 2247	Washington HB 2247 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Bateman	5	36	3	2024-01-09	2024-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/7434bdf3-692c-456b-af69-791110221edd	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2247&year=2023	8f002bbd2e3a27fdec4520b419c2f48435c557f9c33fdf50d1ab415846d8d211	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2247 (2023-2024) — Addressing behavioral health provider shortages.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#53) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#48) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bateman — primary (person)
• Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
• Callan — cosponsor (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Duerr — cosponsor (person)
• Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2024-01-23 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-01-30 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-01-30 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-02-03 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
• 2024-02-05 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-05 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-02-05 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-12 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). substitution
• 2024-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-14 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-20 HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-20 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-02-26 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
• 2024-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Health & Long Term Care. 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 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 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
• 2024-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2024-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. passage
• 2024-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-07 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-29 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-29 Chapter 371, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-29 Effective date 10/1/2025***. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7434bdf3-692c-456b-af69-791110221edd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).