WA HB 2051
enactedConcerning payment to acute care hospitals for difficult to discharge medicaid patients.
Washington · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WA HB 2051 pass?
Yes. WA HB 2051 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-19): Effective date 7/27/2025.
What is WA HB 2051 about?
WA HB 2051 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Concerning payment to acute care hospitals for difficult to discharge medicaid patients.”.
Who sponsors WA HB 2051?
Gregerson is the primary sponsor of WA HB 2051, joined by 3 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-05-19 — Effective date 7/27/2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Gregersonprimary
- Ormsbycosponsor
- Parshleycosponsor
- Macricosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-05-19
Effective date 7/27/2025.
became-law
2025-05-19
Chapter 367, 2025 Laws.
became-law
2025-05-19
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2025-04-27
Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt
2025-04-27
President signed.
passage
2025-04-27
Speaker signed.
passage
2025-04-26
Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3
2025-04-26
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-25
Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2
2025-04-25
Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
2025-04-25
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-25
WM - Majority; do pass.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-25
Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-23
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
2025-04-18
First reading, referred to Ways & Means.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-17
Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 3.
reading-3
2025-04-17
Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3
2025-04-17
1st substitute bill substituted (APP 25).
substitution
2025-04-16
Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2
2025-04-08
Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee
2025-04-05
Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable
2025-04-05
APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution
2025-04-05
Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
2025-04-03
Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
2025-03-24
First reading, referred to Appropriations.
reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7)
2025-04-17 · pass · 57-38
Member-level votes (98)
- Abbarno: no
- Abell: no
- Barkis: no
- Barnard: no
- Berg: yes
- Bergquist: yes
- Bernbaum: yes
- Berry: yes
- Bronoske: yes
- Burnett: no
- Callan: yes
- Chase: no
- Connors: no
- Corry: no
- Cortes: yes
- Couture: no
- Davis: yes
- Dent: no
- Doglio: yes
- Donaghy: yes
- Duerr: yes
- Dufault: no
- Dye: no
- Engell: no
- Entenman: yes
- Eslick: no
- Farivar: yes
- Fey: yes
- Fitzgibbon: yes
- Fosse: yes
- Goodman: yes
- Graham: no
- Gregerson: yes
- Griffey: other
- Hackney: yes
- Hill: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Jacobsen: no
- Jinkins: yes
- Keaton: no
- Klicker: no
- Kloba: yes
- Leavitt: yes
- Lekanoff: yes
- Ley: no
- Low: no
- Macri: yes
- Manjarrez: no
- Marshall: no
- McClintock: no
- McEntire: no
- Mena: yes
- Mendoza: other
- Morgan: yes
- Nance: yes
- Obras: yes
- Orcutt: no
- Ormsby: yes
- Ortiz-Self: yes
- Parshley: yes
- Paul: yes
- Penner: no
- Peterson: yes
- Pollet: yes
- Ramel: yes
- Reed: yes
- Reeves: yes
- Richards: yes
- Rude: no
- Rule: no
- Ryu: yes
- Salahuddin: yes
- Santos: yes
- Schmick: no
- Schmidt: no
- Scott: yes
- Shavers: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Springer: yes
- Stearns: yes
- Steele: no
- Stokesbary: no
- Stonier: yes
- Street: other
- Stuebe: no
- Taylor: yes
- Thai: yes
- Tharinger: yes
- Thomas: yes
- Timmons: yes
- Valdez: no
- Volz: no
- Walen: yes
- Walsh: no
- Waters: no
- Wylie: yes
- Ybarra: no
- Zahn: yes
3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27)
2025-04-26 · pass · 27-20
Member-level votes (48)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bateman: yes
- Boehnke: no
- Braun: no
- Chapman: yes
- Christian: no
- Cleveland: yes
- Conway: yes
- Cortes: yes
- Dhingra: yes
- Dozier: no
- Fortunato: no
- Frame: yes
- Gildon: other
- Goehner: no
- Hansen: yes
- Harris: no
- Hasegawa: yes
- Holy: no
- Kauffman: yes
- King: no
- Krishnadasan: no
- Liias: yes
- Lovelett: yes
- Lovick: yes
- MacEwen: no
- McCune: no
- Muzzall: no
- Nobles: yes
- Orwall: yes
- Pedersen: yes
- Riccelli: no
- Robinson: yes
- Saldaña: yes
- Salomon: yes
- Schoesler: no
- Shewmake: yes
- Short: no
- Slatter: yes
- Stanford: yes
- Torres: no
- Trudeau: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Wagoner: no
- Warnick: no
- Wellman: yes
- Wilson, C.: yes
- Wilson, J.: no
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