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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning veterinarian-client-patient relationships."
description: "Concerning veterinarian-client-patient relationships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2247"
citation: "Washington HB 2247 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parshley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acf06041-5cc8-423d-ab88-5aa1815a7615"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2247&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "82fae2d2ce2b3220af6b7de92b422f7cd892a68c29618500045eb23eaa7028d7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# 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.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2247.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2247-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2247-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2247-S.PL.htm)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acf06041-5cc8-423d-ab88-5aa1815a7615`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).