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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Defining the process for best interest determinations of students in out-of-home care."
+description: "Defining the process for best interest determinations of students in out-of-home care."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2684"
+citation: "Washington HB 2684 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "FOSTER CARE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldier"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-12"
+last_action: "2018-03-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/109e403f-cbf0-4843-833d-cb7ad584f728"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2684&year=2017"
+source_hash: "f1918456668874b4f6b661ac3792e688aede7c9e4da77fed6d4ed0f2d90be35c"
+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 2684 (2017-2018) — Defining the process for best interest determinations of students in out-of-home care.
+
+## 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/2684.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2684-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2684-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage (#36) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldier — primary (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
+- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
+- McBride — cosponsor (person)
+- Muri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-12** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-30** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-01-30** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2018-02-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-20** EDU - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
+- **2018-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-21** Chapter 139, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-21** Effective date 9/1/2018. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/109e403f-cbf0-4843-833d-cb7ad584f728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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