republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1278.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	Enacting the physical therapy licensure compact.	Enacting the physical therapy licensure compact.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1278	Washington HB 1278 (2017-2018)	bill	STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS NAMED ACTS	enacted	Macri	1	22	3	2017-01-16	2017-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/9b6f1659-491e-4a10-9b63-39f0ef9672e3	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1278&year=2017	fce451a34a6b8dd1cfd5f19aa629c0357f40a636a5468d5f2fca391b5929eef9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1278 (2017-2018) — Enacting the physical therapy licensure compact.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#2) — 95–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — 43–5 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#11) — 90–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Macri — primary (person)
• Cody — cosponsor (person)
• DeBolt — cosponsor (person)
• Farrell — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Rodne — cosponsor (person)
• Short — cosponsor (person)
• Wylie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 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.
• 2017-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-02-10 First reading, referred to Health Care. reading-1
• 2017-03-14 HLTH - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-15 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-03-29 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-05 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2017-04-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-13 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2017-04-13 Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2017-04-18 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-19 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-20 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-04-25 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-04-25 Chapter 108, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-04-25 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9b6f1659-491e-4a10-9b63-39f0ef9672e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).