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HB1933 • 2026

Overdose information

Providing universal access to overdose information to law enforcement and emergency services providers.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Manjarrez, Representative Dent, Representative Dufault, Representative Corry, Representative Barkis, Representative Stuebe
Last action
2026-01-12
Official status
H HC/Wellness
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Overdose information

Overdose information

What This Bill Does

  • Overdose information

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-12 House

    By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

Official Summary Text

Overdose information

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
AN ACT Relating to providing universal access to overdose 1
information to law enforcement and emergency services providers; and 2
adding a new section to chapter 43.70 RCW. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.70 5
RCW to read as follows: 6
The department shall create and install an interface between the 7
Washington emergency medical services information system and the 8
overdose detection mapping application program to provide universal 9
access to all fatal and nonfatal overdose information to all law 10
enforcement agencies and other emergency service providers in 11
Washington. The department shall provide for the data to be 12
aggregated by zip code in order to comply with the health insurance 13
portability and accountability act of 1996 and other privacy 14
considerations for individual overdose incidences.15
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H-1218.3
HOUSE BILL 1933
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Manjarrez, Dent, Dufault, Corry, Barkis, and
Stuebe
Read first time 02/11/25. Referred to Committee on Health Care &
Wellness.
p. 1 HB 1933