republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2356.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 stem cell therapies not approved by the United States food and drug administration.	Concerning stem cell therapies not approved by the United States food and drug administration.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2356	Washington HB 2356 (2017-2018)	bill	HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS	enacted	Cody	3	27	2	2018-01-03	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/a40667c9-0253-4a4b-b805-51cfa6507ab5	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2356&year=2017	ad378fdd14419665a8e8b8ba4d4c336b6da69e43463e803743ae642cc27bdbbe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2356 (2017-2018) — Concerning stem cell therapies not approved by the United States food and drug administration.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Final Passage (#18) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cody — primary (person)
• Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Ryu — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-03 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2018-01-08 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-01-17 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-22 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-01-17 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-01-22 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2018-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2018-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-12 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2018-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-02-15 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2018-02-22 HLTC - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-23 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-03-01 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2018-03-06 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-07 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter 216, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-22 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a40667c9-0253-4a4b-b805-51cfa6507ab5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).