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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying child care provider qualifications."
+description: "Modifying child care provider qualifications."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 1648"
+citation: "Washington HB 1648 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-28"
+last_action: "2025-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dabae012-bb7e-414d-b94d-30979e8fd1c0"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1648&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "b3cbeb9107f02895a1a70bb3c256a193fe8c83af3c1cfa170c7dd3a928875c93"
+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 1648 (2025-2026) — Modifying child care provider qualifications.
+
+## 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/1648.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1648-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1648-S2.htm)
+4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1648-S2.PL.htm)
+5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1648-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dent — primary (person)
+- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
+- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
+- Graham — cosponsor (person)
+- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
+- Penner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-18** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-20** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2025-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
+- **2025-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-10** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
+- **2025-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-08** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2025-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-15** Chapter 281, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2025-05-15** 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/dabae012-bb7e-414d-b94d-30979e8fd1c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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