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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing the list of foster parent rights and responsibilities to prospective and current foster parents."
+description: "Providing the list of foster parent rights and responsibilities to prospective and current foster parents."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2785"
+citation: "Washington HB 2785 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "FOSTER CARE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-16"
+last_action: "2018-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06059f7b-6307-487b-80f9-7363612b7431"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2785&year=2017"
+source_hash: "e36289c4e3fd27b455b76702b93bb180ebbb04a2b3a59366878882c577fe9a96"
+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 2785 (2017-2018) — Providing the list of foster parent rights and responsibilities to prospective and current foster parents.
+
+## 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/2785.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage (#56) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dent — primary (person)
+- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
+- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
+- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
+- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
+- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
+- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
+- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-16** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-02** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-23** HSC - Majority; do pass.
+- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
+- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-03-13** Chapter 51, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2018-03-13** 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/06059f7b-6307-487b-80f9-7363612b7431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+