---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maintaining and facilitating court-based and school-based efforts to promote attendance and reduce truancy."
description: "Maintaining and facilitating court-based and school-based efforts to promote attendance and reduce truancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1170"
citation: "Washington HB 1170 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orwall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d76ecee6-275e-4b32-9be0-47b1a2b88300"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1170&year=2017"
source_hash: "a17a0e6314b8cd05d7e648a65debd42ecbd55fd2db599bce05ed2d3430165183"
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 1170 (2017-2018) — Maintaining and facilitating court-based and school-based efforts to promote attendance and reduce truancy.

## 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/1170.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1170-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1170-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#34) — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orwall — primary (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Rodne — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** HSMH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-16** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-16** Chapter 291, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-16** 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/d76ecee6-275e-4b32-9be0-47b1a2b88300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).