---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assessing physical education practices in public schools."
description: "Assessing physical education practices in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1235"
citation: "Washington HB 1235 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9436dae1-a561-408f-ad5e-6dff3e8c688a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1235&year=2017"
source_hash: "f696fb7f29e6906403bd7fc2943f47649f44be9695e10b76343214a8e73bb73e"
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 1235 (2017-2018) — Assessing physical education practices in public schools.

## 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/1235.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1235-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#26) — **87–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Nealey — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-13** 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; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 87; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 80, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** 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/9436dae1-a561-408f-ad5e-6dff3e8c688a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).