---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the licensure fees that support the Washington physicians health program."
description: "Increasing the licensure fees that support the Washington physicians health program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1972"
citation: "Washington HB 1972 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-19"
last_action: "2024-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0288f401-b1ff-4c9f-98e3-e7dec2ceee2f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1972&year=2023"
source_hash: "a2808e0081ef744bd26a527f4cfddfe66c9e22485776a5e9988c0223f35aec20"
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 1972 (2023-2024) — Increasing the licensure fees that support the Washington physicians health program.

## 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/1972.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1972.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-19** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-12** HCW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-15** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-01-29** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** 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.
- **2024-02-20** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-28** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-07** Chapter 15, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-07** 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/0288f401-b1ff-4c9f-98e3-e7dec2ceee2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).