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| Bill | Concerning veterinarian-client-patient relationships. | Concerning veterinarian-client-patient relationships. | us/states/wa | Washington Legislature | 2025-2026 | HB 2247 | Washington HB 2247 (2025-2026) |
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4 | 31 | 3 | 2026-01-05 | 2026-03-24 | openstates | ocd-bill/acf06041-5cc8-423d-ab88-5aa1815a7615 | https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2247&Year=2025&Initiative=false | 82fae2d2ce2b3220af6b7de92b422f7cd892a68c29618500045eb23eaa7028d7 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Washington HB 2247 (2025-2026) — Concerning veterinarian-client-patient relationships.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
- Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — 30–18 (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Parshley — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 Prefiled for introduction.
filing - 2026-01-12 First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness.
reading-1 - 2026-01-14 Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- 2026-01-23 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- 2026-01-23 HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
substitution - 2026-01-23 Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-01-27 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
referral-committee - 2026-02-11 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted (HCW 26).
substitution - 2026-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- 2026-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3 - 2026-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4.
reading-3 - 2026-02-16 First reading, referred to Health & Long-Term Care.
reading-1 - 2026-02-19 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- 2026-02-24 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- 2026-02-24 HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-24 Minority; do not pass.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-02-24 Minority; without recommendation.
committee-passage-unfavorable - 2026-02-25 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- 2026-03-05 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
reading-2 - 2026-03-06 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- 2026-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
reading-3 - 2026-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1.
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 House concurred in Senate amendments.
- 2026-03-11 Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3.
passage - 2026-03-12 Speaker signed.
passage - 2026-03-12 President signed.
passage - 2026-03-12 Delivered to Governor.
executive-receipt - 2026-03-24 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2026-03-24 Chapter 202, 2026 Laws.
became-law - 2026-03-24 Effective date 7/1/2027.
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acf06041-5cc8-423d-ab88-5aa1815a7615. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).