---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a primary certification process for magnetic resonance imaging technologists."
description: "Establishing a primary certification process for magnetic resonance imaging technologists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2355"
citation: "Washington HB 2355 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nance"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae4fe31c-6f8e-4cd5-86be-5616287ccd2f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2355&year=2023"
source_hash: "7a2fc7453af872356f843fbf64b7ae4f15dc07a66863abb6c966276ea8162c20"
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 2355 (2023-2024) — Establishing a primary certification process for magnetic resonance imaging technologists.

## 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/2355.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2355-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2355-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#44) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nance — primary (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-26** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **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 consent calendar. `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`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Chapter 94, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-14** 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/ae4fe31c-6f8e-4cd5-86be-5616287ccd2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).