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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Placing licenses issued in chapters 18.71B and 18.71C RCW under the authority of the uniform disciplinary act."
+description: "Placing licenses issued in chapters 18.71B and 18.71C RCW under the authority of the uniform disciplinary act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1640"
+citation: "Washington HB 1640 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zahn"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-28"
+last_action: "2025-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e41904c5-69f2-473b-a9f0-829bb2058642"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1640&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "100410a2e32cd841baaec544f374135f60f8784301c611f0e415f8e367847923"
+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 1640 (2025-2026) — Placing licenses issued in chapters 18.71B and 18.71C RCW under the authority of the uniform disciplinary act.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1640.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1640.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zahn — primary (person)
+- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Thai — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-21** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-02-21** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2025-03-21** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-03-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-11** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-16** Chapter 66, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-16** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e41904c5-69f2-473b-a9f0-829bb2058642`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+