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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing regulatory relief for early learning providers."
+description: "Providing regulatory relief for early learning providers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2556"
+citation: "Washington HB 2556 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "STUDIES", "CHILD CARE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-15"
+last_action: "2020-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/736a46d6-7951-406f-a479-81587143194d"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2556&year=2019"
+source_hash: "c7870d6fd11663c649329e8d34265396a689825810aae55475f1d1fedd107b33"
+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 2556 (2019-2020) — Providing regulatory relief for early learning providers.
+
+## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2556.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2556-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dent — primary (person)
+- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
+- Corry — cosponsor (person)
+- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
+- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
+- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
+- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
+- Jenkin — cosponsor (person)
+- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
+- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
+- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-07** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services & Early Learning.
+- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-07** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2020-02-11** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services & Early Learning.
+- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
+- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
+- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-28** EDU - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
+- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
+- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-09** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-04-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-04-03** Chapter 342, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-04-03** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-07T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
+- **2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
+- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
+- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
+- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/736a46d6-7951-406f-a479-81587143194d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+