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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibiting maintenance of certification from being required for certain health professions."
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description: "Prohibiting maintenance of certification from being required for certain health professions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HB 2257"
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citation: "Washington HB 2257 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McBride"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-12-05"
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last_action: "2018-03-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96c9e89c-63d9-4084-955c-ebc80bdf2ccb"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2257&year=2017"
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source_hash: "dea72f7106fd22a09f2b008ab1e0b41487dd498018fb27857b8ca3993878993a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 2257 (2017-2018) — Prohibiting maintenance of certification from being required for certain health professions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2257.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage (#6) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- McBride — primary (person)
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- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
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- Graves — cosponsor (person)
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- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Rodne — cosponsor (person)
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- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-17** HCW - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-01-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-01-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-01-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
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- **2018-01-31** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-19** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
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- **2018-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
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- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
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- **2018-03-07** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-03-22** Chapter 211, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96c9e89c-63d9-4084-955c-ebc80bdf2ccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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