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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the online availability of foster parent preservice training."
+description: "Concerning the online availability of foster parent preservice training."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2256"
+citation: "Washington HB 2256 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["FOSTER CARE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Graves"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-12-05"
+last_action: "2018-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b590e6-02de-467d-bf30-4ba95086b6ce"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2256&year=2017"
+source_hash: "e1e6e82e17032f9b53fb3834c1e26018bdbc4d12096a1b6062a45d2e9634f2e3"
+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 2256 (2017-2018) — Concerning the online availability of foster parent preservice training.
+
+## 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/2256.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2256-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Graves — primary (person)
+- Dent — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
+- Fey — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
+- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
+- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
+- Muri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
+- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
+- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Young — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-16** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-01-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-01-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-01-16** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-01-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-01-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-01-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-01-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
+- **2018-01-24** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-21** HSC - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-09** Chapter 20, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-09** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05b590e6-02de-467d-bf30-4ba95086b6ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+