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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning early learning program licensing requirements."
+description: "Concerning early learning program licensing requirements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "HB 2317"
+citation: "Washington HB 2317 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eslick"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-07"
+last_action: "2026-03-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f1a6cdd-b22c-4bd5-953c-93a1bdd1cf5f"
+source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2317&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
+source_hash: "e2a44f87765c589742985cd9dc75b9a57aed7c81e7b14b524148c75f6ac0fc1b"
+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 2317 (2025-2026) — Concerning early learning program licensing requirements.
+
+## 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/2317.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2317.E.htm)
+3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2317.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage on Reconsideration (#18) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eslick — primary (person)
+- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
+- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernbaum — cosponsor (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Dent — cosponsor (person)
+- Dent — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
+- Dufault — cosponsor (person)
+- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+- Nance — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
+- Thai — cosponsor (person)
+- Thai — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+- Zahn — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
+- **2026-01-12** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:30 AM.
+- **2026-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-01-23** ELHS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-01-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-11** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Returned to second reading for amendment.
+- **2026-02-11** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
+- **2026-02-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
+- **2026-02-24** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-25** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2026-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** President signed. `passage`
+- **2026-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Chapter 54, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2026-03-14** Effective date 6/11/2026. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f1a6cdd-b22c-4bd5-953c-93a1bdd1cf5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+