---
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).