---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding opportunities for physical therapy and occupational therapy professionals to form professional service corporations."
description: "Expanding opportunities for physical therapy and occupational therapy professionals to form professional service corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1082"
citation: "Washington HB 1082 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simmons"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-23"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e8a211b-d9d6-4289-8c83-62b2a1572adb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1082&year=2023"
source_hash: "f9368f147b3cef8e205b2d65d39e0a02afc5f8e4b683cd52b599a3fad9af8440"
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 1082 (2023-2024) — Expanding opportunities for physical therapy and occupational therapy professionals to form professional service corporations.

## 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/1082.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1082.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simmons — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-23** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Consumer Protection & Business. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** Public hearing in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Consumer Protection & Business at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-20** CPB - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-14** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 60, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** 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/6e8a211b-d9d6-4289-8c83-62b2a1572adb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).