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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning working connections child care eligibility for vulnerable children."
+description: "Concerning working connections child care eligibility for vulnerable children."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 1624"
+citation: "Washington HB 1624 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "EARLY LEARNING", "DEPARTMENT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Senn"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-01-25"
+last_action: "2017-07-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31cbfb1d-03a6-4cac-aa59-913f27b158b5"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1624&year=2017"
+source_hash: "e66038a68f0a440c128897b4d6b244257b795cbac1892283a9100ff9b7dcec3c"
+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 1624 (2017-2018) — Concerning working connections child care eligibility for vulnerable children.
+
+## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1624.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1624-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **43–6** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#11) — **76–21** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage (#11) — **75–19** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage (#3) — **80–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Senn — primary (person)
+- Dent — cosponsor (person)
+- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
+- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
+- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
+- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
+- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-07** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-02-07** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2017-02-10** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2017-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-20** HSMH - Majority; do pass.
+- **2017-03-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-20** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-03-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
+- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2017-04-04** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2017-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
+- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-04-17** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
+- **2017-04-24** Returned to House Rules 3.
+- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2017-05-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
+- **2017-05-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 75; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2017-05-29** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
+- **2017-06-21** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
+- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2017-06-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
+- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2017-06-29** First Reading.
+- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended.
+- **2017-06-29** Placed on second reading.
+- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2017-07-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-07-06** Chapter 9, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
+- **2017-07-06** Effective date 12/1/2018. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31cbfb1d-03a6-4cac-aa59-913f27b158b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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