---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring a statement of inquiry for rules affecting fees related to health professions."
description: "Requiring a statement of inquiry for rules affecting fees related to health professions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1753"
citation: "Washington HB 1753 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE", "HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT", "HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2456397c-3862-4a48-b168-1a8d3cee47ad"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1753&year=2019"
source_hash: "4284d2128b7c6f8cde2645c3156f0963b6aac992598a76492fa0e9b0246f0774"
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 1753 (2019-2020) — Requiring a statement of inquiry for rules affecting fees related to health professions.

## 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/1753.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#10) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#41) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 303, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-29T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2456397c-3862-4a48-b168-1a8d3cee47ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).