---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning temporary exemptions from licensure for certain applicants for a license to practice music therapy."
description: "Concerning temporary exemptions from licensure for certain applicants for a license to practice music therapy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2363"
citation: "Washington HB 2363 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reed"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-09"
last_action: "2026-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19865be6-9801-4e4c-bf7c-9af7987b6b8b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2363&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "df7407566f72f6ae9dee7ffad365b36fff34094999e05099390c523d6d0487f3"
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 2363 (2025-2026) — Concerning temporary exemptions from licensure for certain applicants for a license to practice music therapy.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2363.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2363-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2363-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reed — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-09** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-27** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-02-04** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (PEW 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-16** First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-24** HLTC - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-11** Chapter 27, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-03-11** Effective date 1/1/2028. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19865be6-9801-4e4c-bf7c-9af7987b6b8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).