---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning physician assistant collaborative practice."
description: "Concerning physician assistant collaborative practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2041"
citation: "Washington HB 2041 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-26"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e73b64a-8ce1-4f24-b7cc-dad30bbd6872"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2041&year=2023"
source_hash: "a765d7b326b76b8baa002829efe533e8b3bd9eefd690174f4ab44568b8a06a07"
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 2041 (2023-2024) — Concerning physician assistant collaborative practice.

## 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/2041.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2041-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2041-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2041-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-26** 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.
- **2024-01-17** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Chapter 62, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-13** Effective date 1/1/2025***. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e73b64a-8ce1-4f24-b7cc-dad30bbd6872`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).