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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Licensing music therapists."
+description: "Licensing music therapists."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1247"
+citation: "Washington HB 1247 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-12"
+last_action: "2023-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e90a50d2-984e-423a-bb1b-f8fcc6ee0918"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1247&year=2023"
+source_hash: "8d41113fa04e4a6f62054d1d888d7a9593bed994afb9a15c7ef69705d08a3dda"
+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 1247 (2023-2024) — Licensing music therapists.
+
+## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1247.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1247-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1247-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **82–13** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **46–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Reed — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Mena — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
+- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-02-14** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 82; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-14** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-03-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-25** Chapter 175, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-04-25** Effective date 7/23/2023*. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e90a50d2-984e-423a-bb1b-f8fcc6ee0918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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