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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning the child welfare housing assistance program."
+description: "Concerning the child welfare housing assistance program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1177"
+citation: "Washington HB 1177 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-07"
+last_action: "2025-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9c113d0-1145-43ab-80a1-840d292f4603"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1177&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "95593fc810453ad2ffb7838ef591b7ca81a602da7845dbf5cb511ec4d1edaca1"
+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 1177 (2025-2026) — Concerning the child welfare housing assistance program.
+
+## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1177.htm)
+2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1177-S.htm)
+3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1177-S.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **62–35** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **30–18** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2025-01-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-28** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 9:00 AM.
+- **2025-01-31** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-04** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
+- **2025-02-20** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Early Learning & Human Services. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-20** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted (ELHS 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-05** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-25** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-03-25** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-25** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-03-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-08** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-04-08** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 18; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-16** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-21** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-25** Chapter 163, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-04-25** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9c113d0-1145-43ab-80a1-840d292f4603`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+