---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collecting health care professionals' information at the time of license application and license renewal."
description: "Collecting health care professionals' information at the time of license application and license renewal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1503"
citation: "Washington HB 1503 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b69255-7147-4d9f-ba86-edf02819115f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1503&year=2023"
source_hash: "4013e11211178e5d624ead2a86003385be1042d5b77d1d522237fcc305d3b096"
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 1503 (2023-2024) — Collecting health care professionals' information at the time of license application and license renewal.

## 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/1503.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1503-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1503-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1503-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-03** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (PEW 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-16** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 353, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** 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/39b69255-7147-4d9f-ba86-edf02819115f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).