---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving students' mental health by enhancing nonacademic professional services."
description: "Improving students' mental health by enhancing nonacademic professional services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1377"
citation: "Washington HB 1377 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "MENTAL HEALTH", "COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "PSYCHOLOGISTS", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 68
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aec461e5-5ebd-40f8-82a5-6b6f7b11bbf2"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1377&year=2017"
source_hash: "992382bc8d26cd9be09cecfa006286218ce425c961a015db9dfb9aeb6e812be0"
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 1377 (2017-2018) — Improving students' mental health by enhancing nonacademic professional services.

## 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/1377.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1377-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1377-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#5) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
- 823 Bailey Pg 6 Ln 6 (#35) — **21–25** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** 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.
- **2017-02-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** 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.
- **2017-02-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** 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.
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Education.
- **2018-01-11** ED - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-15** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 2nd substitute bill proposed by Education.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-11** ED - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-11** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-15** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 2nd substitute bill proposed by Education.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 64; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 200, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aec461e5-5ebd-40f8-82a5-6b6f7b11bbf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).