republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-2378.md

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

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 physician assistants.	Concerning physician assistants.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	HB 2378	Washington HB 2378 (2019-2020)	bill	HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS	enacted	Riccelli	2	30	2	2020-01-10	2020-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/d907724e-3929-4da4-b734-567e9b0291dc	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2378&year=2019	a87f235ad9e3825c35a3bafe890c20730771b0232bdb457be3ce747996dd9678	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2378 (2019-2020) — Concerning physician assistants.

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

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#35) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Riccelli — primary (person)
• Cody — cosponsor (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-10 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2020-01-13 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2020-01-28 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-01-28 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-01-30 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-16 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-01-28 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-01-28 Minority; do not pass.
• 2020-01-30 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-10 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-16 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-16 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-16 Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2020-02-18 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2020-02-24 HLTC - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-02-25 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-03-02 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
• 2020-03-03 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-03-03 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2020-03-05 Speaker signed. passage
• 2020-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2020-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2020-03-19 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2020-03-19 Chapter 80, 2020 Laws. became-law
• 2020-03-19 Effective date 6/11/2020*. became-law
• 2020-01-17T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 08:00 AM
• 2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 01:30 PM
• 2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
• 2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 01:30 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d907724e-3929-4da4-b734-567e9b0291dc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).