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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning physician assistants."
+description: "Concerning physician assistants."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2378"
+citation: "Washington HB 2378 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-10"
+last_action: "2020-03-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d907724e-3929-4da4-b734-567e9b0291dc"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2378&year=2019"
+source_hash: "a87f235ad9e3825c35a3bafe890c20730771b0232bdb457be3ce747996dd9678"
+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 2378 (2019-2020) — Concerning physician assistants.
+
+## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2378.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2378-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Riccelli — primary (person)
+- Cody — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-10** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-28** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-01-28** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-01-28** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-01-28** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2020-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-06** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-03-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-19** Chapter 80, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-03-19** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
+- **2020-01-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d907724e-3929-4da4-b734-567e9b0291dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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