republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-1972.md

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Bill	Increasing the licensure fees that support the Washington physicians health program.	Increasing the licensure fees that support the Washington physicians health program.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 1972	Washington HB 1972 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Simmons	2	27	2	2023-12-19	2024-03-07	openstates	ocd-bill/0288f401-b1ff-4c9f-98e3-e7dec2ceee2f	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1972&year=2023	a2808e0081ef744bd26a527f4cfddfe66c9e22485776a5e9988c0223f35aec20	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1972 (2023-2024) — Increasing the licensure fees that support the Washington physicians health program.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Simmons — primary (person)
• Harris — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Riccelli — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-19 Prefiled for introduction. filing
• 2024-01-08 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. reading-1
• 2024-01-09 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-01-12 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-12 HCW - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-15 Referred to Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
• 2024-01-29 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
• 2024-01-29 APP - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-07 First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-16 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-02-16 HLTC - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-19 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-20 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. reading-2
• 2024-02-22 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-22 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-24 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-02-28 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-01 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-07 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-07 Chapter 15, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-07 Effective date 6/6/2024*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0288f401-b1ff-4c9f-98e3-e7dec2ceee2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).