Bill · Washington State Legislature · 2025-26
E2SHB 1784 — Certified medical assistants
E2SHB 1784 was introduced in the 2025-26 Washington legislative session by Representative Marshall. It has had 2 public hearings and is still before the Legislature.
- 2025-26 session
- House
- Still before the Legislature
- 2 public hearings
- Sponsor: HCW(Marshall
Source Washington State Legislature web services: legislation, hearings and roll calls · as of 2026-08-07 · introduced 2026-01-28
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Where it stopped
Pending
- Last recorded action
- By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- Position
- H Rules 3C — the Legislature's own location code
- Last committee
- House Health Care & Wellness — the last committee with this bill on an agenda
- Public hearing
- Yes — 2 on record — a public hearing is where testimony is taken; an executive session is where a committee votes
This session is still sitting. The 2025-26 biennium has not ended, so we will not say this bill died. A bill sitting in Rules today may move next month.
Last checked 2026-08-07
Source WA Legislature legislation service · as of 2026-08-07
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What it would do
The Legislature’s own description. We do not paraphrase legislation.
Concerning certified medical assistants.
Legal title AN ACT Relating to certified medical assistants;
Source WA Legislature legislation service · as of 2026-08-07
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The hearing record
Every committee meeting where this bill appeared on the agenda. Public is where testimony is taken; Executive is where the committee votes.
| Date | Type | Committee | Chamber |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-11 | Public | House Health Care & Wellness | House |
| 2025-02-18 | Executive | House Health Care & Wellness | House |
| 2025-03-20 | Public | Senate Health & Long-Term Care | Senate |
| 2026-01-28 | Executive | House Health Care & Wellness | House |
Source WA Legislature committee hearing records · as of 2026-08-07 · 2 public, 2 executive
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The votes
Recorded floor votes. Committee votes are in the hearing record above.
HOUSE · 2025-03-05
3rd Reading & Final Passage
97
yea
0
nay
1
absent or excused
HOUSE · 2026-02-16
3rd Reading & Final Passage
96
yea
0
nay
2
absent or excused
Source WA Legislature roll call service · as of 2026-08-07 · 2 recorded votes
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Versions
| Version | Substitute | Engrossed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1784 | — | — | 1st substitute bill substituted. |
| SHB 1784 | 1 | — | 2nd substitute bill substituted. |
| 2SHB 1784 | 2 | — | — |
| E2SHB 1784 | 2 | 1 | By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. |
We do not hold the bill text, so we cannot say what changed. The version list shows that the bill was rewritten and how many times. Comparing the substance of two versions needs the text of each, which we have not ingested. The Legislature publishes both.
Last checked 2026-08-07
Source WA Legislature legislation service · as of 2026-08-07
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What this page will not compute
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- Who killed it
- We can say a bill was never scheduled for a public hearing. We cannot say who decided that. Chairs control agendas, but the record does not attribute a non-decision to a person, and we will not infer one from a committee roster.
- Why it died
- Withdrawn, superseded by its own companion, folded into a budget, or simply never taken up — all four look identical in the data.
- Whether lobbying affected it
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- What changed between versions
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- How a member would have voted
- Only recorded votes appear here. A member absent from a roll call is recorded as absent, not as opposed.
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Connected records
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On the record
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SPONSORED BY
HCW(Marshall
WA Legislature, bill sponsorship record
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HEARD BY
House Health Care & Wellness
WA Legislature, committee agenda
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HEARD BY
Senate Health & Long-Term Care
WA Legislature, committee agenda
Nothing on file
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Source WA Legislature legislation and committee services · as of 2026-08-07
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“E2SHB 1784 — Certified medical assistants,” WashingtonIndependents.org, data as of 2026-08-07, accessed 2026-08-09. https://washingtonindependents.org/bill/2025-26-hb-1784/
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Where this page comes from
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- WA Legislature roll call service
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- Outcome
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