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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning student excused absences for mental health reasons."
+description: "Concerning student excused absences for mental health reasons."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 1834"
+citation: "Washington HB 1834 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Callan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea319784-6cb7-4eda-97b4-deba2e1148a8"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1834&year=2021"
+source_hash: "7d6b26b94685e25083223f059a505ff82ec8b6efaf171a306b21440d1b1a421a"
+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 1834 (2021-2022) — Concerning student excused absences for mental health reasons.
+
+## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1834.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Callan — primary (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Frame — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Rude — cosponsor (person)
+- Rule — cosponsor (person)
+- Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
+- Thai — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
+- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
+- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
+- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
+- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 31, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
+- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
+- **2022-01-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
+- **2022-02-16T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
+- **2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea319784-6cb7-4eda-97b4-deba2e1148a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+