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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enacting the physical therapy licensure compact."
+description: "Enacting the physical therapy licensure compact."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1278"
+citation: "Washington HB 1278 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "NAMED ACTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-01-16"
+last_action: "2017-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b6f1659-491e-4a10-9b63-39f0ef9672e3"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1278&year=2017"
+source_hash: "fce451a34a6b8dd1cfd5f19aa629c0357f40a636a5468d5f2fca391b5929eef9"
+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 1278 (2017-2018) — Enacting the physical therapy licensure compact.
+
+## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1278.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **43–5** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#11) — **90–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Macri — primary (person)
+- Cody — cosponsor (person)
+- DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
+- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodne — cosponsor (person)
+- Short — cosponsor (person)
+- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-03** HCW - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-02-03** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-10** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-14** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2017-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2017-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-04-20** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-25** Chapter 108, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2017-04-25** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b6f1659-491e-4a10-9b63-39f0ef9672e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+