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HB1009 • 2026

Pharmacy commission members

Adjusting the membership of the pharmacy quality assurance commission.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Low, Representative Ramel, Representative Eslick
Last action
2025-05-12
Official status
C 211 L 25
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Pharmacy commission members

Pharmacy commission members

What This Bill Does

  • Pharmacy commission members

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Amendments

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1009 AMS HLTC S2325.1

0 • Health & Long-Term Care

ADOPTED

Plain English: 1009 AMS HLTC S2325.1 HB 1009 - S COMM AMD By Committee on Health & Long-Term Care ADOPTED 03/26/2025 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1 following: 2 "Sec.

  • 1009 AMS HLTC S2325.1 HB 1009 - S COMM AMD By Committee on Health & Long-Term Care ADOPTED 03/26/2025 Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the 1 following: 2 "Sec.
  • 1.
  • RCW 18.64.001 and 2022 c 240 s 13 are each amended to 3 read as follows: 4 There shall be a state pharmacy quality assurance commission 5 consisting of ((fifteen)) 16 members, to be appointed by the governor 6 by and with the advice and consent of the senate.
  • ((Ten)) Nine of the 7 members shall be designated as pharmacist members, four of the 8 members shall be designated a public member, ((and one member )) two 9 members shall be ((a)) pharmacy ((technician)) technicians, and one 10 member shall either be a pharmacist member or a public member that is 11 an owner, operator, or officer of a pharmacy who is not licensed as a 12 pharmacist or pharmacy technician.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-12 House

    Effective date 7/27/2025.

Official Summary Text

Pharmacy commission members

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
AN ACT Relating to the membership of the pharmacy quality 1
assurance commission; and amending RCW 18.64.001. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
Sec. 1. RCW 18.64.001 and 2022 c 240 s 13 are each amended to 4
read as follows: 5
There shall be a state pharmacy quality assurance commission 6
consisting of ((fifteen)) 15 members, to be appointed by the governor 7
by and with the advice and consent of the senate. ((Ten)) Nine of the 8
members shall be designated as pharmacist members, four of the 9
members shall be designated a public member, ((and)) one member shall 10
be a pharmacy technician, and one member shall either be a pharmacist 11
member or a public member that is an owner, operator, or officer of a 12
pharmacy who is not licensed as a pharmacist or pharmacy technician.13
Each pharmacist member shall be a resident of this state, and at 14
the time of his or her appointment shall have been a duly registered 15
pharmacist under the laws of this state for a period of at least five 16
consecutive years immediately preceding his or her appointment and 17
shall at all times during his or her incumbency continue to be a duly 18
licensed pharmacist: PROVIDED, That subject to the availability of 19
qualified candidates the governor shall appoint pharmacist members 20
H-0080.1
HOUSE BILL 1009
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Low, Ramel, and Eslick
Prefiled 12/04/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee
on Health Care & Wellness.
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representative of the areas of practice and geographically 1
representative of the state of Washington. 2
((The)) Each public member shall be a resident of this state ((. 3
The public member )) and shall be appointed from the public at 4
large((, but shall)). Except as provided in this section, each public 5
member may not be affiliated with any aspect of pharmacy.6
Members of the commission shall hold office for a term of four 7
years, and the terms shall be staggered so that the terms of office 8
of not more than two members will expire simultaneously on the third 9
Monday in January of each year. 10
No person who has been appointed to and served for two four year 11
terms shall be eligible for appointment to the commission.12
Each member shall qualify by taking the usual oath of a state 13
officer, which shall be filed with the secretary of state, and each 14
member shall hold office for the term of his or her appointment and 15
until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.16
In case of the resignation or disqualification of a member, or a 17
vacancy occurring from any cause, the governor shall appoint a 18
successor for the unexpired term. 19
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