republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1189.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Concerning exemptions from the massage therapy law.	Concerning exemptions from the massage therapy law.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1189	Washington HB 1189 (2017-2018)	bill	HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS	enacted	Short	2	23	2	2017-01-13	2017-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/df618666-a6f9-4d37-baf2-60580302413a	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1189&year=2017	6c471b7f1294fe53cfb90351d6b84e5ae862f03a9032eb1cf5445d0b487e0503	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1189 (2017-2018) — Concerning exemptions from the massage therapy law.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#2) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Short — primary (person)
• Cody — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Schmick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-13 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-01-25 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-01-31 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-01-25 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-01-31 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-02-10 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.
• 2017-03-30 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-30 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-06 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-14 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-20 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-20 Chapter 77, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-20 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df618666-a6f9-4d37-baf2-60580302413a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).