---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning paraeducators."
description: "Concerning paraeducators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1115"
citation: "Washington HB 1115 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STUDIES", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "PUBLIC POLICY", "INSTITUTE FOR", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/167494f4-8c0a-4e18-b03a-a9e342f12876"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1115&year=2017"
source_hash: "6ceeac38210083397d7ee47e2d10fef17947e23e98d4fcde4acf0e3786b856d3"
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 1115 (2017-2018) — Concerning paraeducators.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1115.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1115-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1115-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#9) — **93–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Education.
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Education.
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-30** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education.
- **2017-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-08** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter 237, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-08** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/167494f4-8c0a-4e18-b03a-a9e342f12876`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).