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HB 173                                                                                                                        
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 173(FIN) am S "An                                                                           
Act relating to occupational therapist licensure; relating to                                                                   
occupational therapy assistant licensure; relating to an occupational                                                           

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therapist licensure compact; relating to an executive administrator for                                                         
the State Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Board; relating                                                             
to physical therapist licensure; relating to physical therapist assistant                                                       
licensure; relating to audiologist licensure; relating to speech-language                                                       
pathologist licensure; and relating to national criminal history record                                                         
checks" was read the third time.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
The question being: "Shall SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL                                                                      
NO. 173(FIN) am S "An Act relating to occupational therapist                                                                    
licensure; relating to occupational therapy assistant licensure; relating                                                       
to an occupational therapist licensure compact; relating to an executive                                                        
administrator for the State Physical Therapy and Occupational                                                                   
Therapy Board; relating to physical therapist licensure; relating to                                                            
physical therapist assistant licensure; relating to audiologist licensure;                                                      
relating to speech-language pathologist licensure; and relating to                                                              
national criminal history record checks" pass the Senate?" The roll                                                             
was taken with the following result:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
SCS CSHB 173(FIN) am S                                                                                                          
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
YEAS:  14   NAYS:  6   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Yeas:  Bjorkman, Claman, Cronk, Dunbar, Hoffman, Kaufman, Kiehl,                                                                
Merrick, Myers, Rauscher, Stedman, Tilton, Wielechowski, Yundt                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Nays:  Giessel, Gray-Jackson, Kawasaki, Olson, Stevens, Tobin                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 173(FIN)                                                                            
am S passed the Senate and was referred to the Secretary for                                                                    
engrossment.