---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning physical therapists performing intramuscular needling."
description: "Concerning physical therapists performing intramuscular needling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1039"
citation: "Washington HB 1039 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Macri"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-15"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18e85dad-40aa-4da1-aeae-40915e7f1f40"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1039&year=2023"
source_hash: "6d59d55b5331eb339d5ada650ced3ba3f0d471d14425cd610a2933f7cbed9776"
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 1039 (2023-2024) — Concerning physical therapists performing intramuscular needling.

## 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/1039.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1039-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1039-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1039-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Macri — primary (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-15** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-18** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-20** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-08** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-08** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 198, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-01** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18e85dad-40aa-4da1-aeae-40915e7f1f40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).