---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning physical therapist supervision of assistive personnel."
description: "Concerning physical therapist supervision of assistive personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2446"
citation: "Washington HB 2446 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Graves"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02e387d1-77c2-46be-bacd-10f267da9cee"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2446&year=2017"
source_hash: "00de681180d63b5acf806fb31d2c39ce38ccb9d94335ab31eb1225c4511f4637"
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 2446 (2017-2018) — Concerning physical therapist supervision of assistive personnel.

## 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/2446.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Graves — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 222, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02e387d1-77c2-46be-bacd-10f267da9cee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).