---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the interstate medical licensure compact."
description: "Creating the interstate medical licensure compact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1337"
citation: "Washington HB 1337 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5400992b-c75b-48d4-b2f9-cf146b8d57a9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1337&year=2017"
source_hash: "3dd811e499880267293f5415bbc22947e2a718a48d81cee91ef4a62bad4d6e6b"
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 1337 (2017-2018) — Creating the interstate medical licensure 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1337.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#6) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#13) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-03** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-07** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** First reading, referred to Health Care. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** HLTH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-10** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 40; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2017-04-19** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2017-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 195, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5400992b-c75b-48d4-b2f9-cf146b8d57a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).