---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopting the physician assistant compact."
description: "Adopting the physician assistant compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1917"
citation: "Washington HB 1917 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fadbc51e-0075-4898-9f95-0e18718535fc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1917&year=2023"
source_hash: "2362415923be9f1df47bc3839e871a49867ecd749cc60f20e0375c52f9168f2b"
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 1917 (2023-2024) — Adopting the physician assistant 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1917.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1917.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-12** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-16** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 53, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fadbc51e-0075-4898-9f95-0e18718535fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).