---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the career and college readiness of public school students."
description: "Increasing the career and college readiness of public school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1600"
citation: "Washington HB 1600 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "WORKFORCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 68
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b76adf6d-33fe-44fa-9033-e6dbb2da8cd5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1600&year=2017"
source_hash: "91980cc5732bc698bd9a2bc2cb975f8cc3152131cf50147a8d20ce62fdb920b8"
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 1600 (2017-2018) — Increasing the career and college readiness of public school students.

## 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/1600.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1600-S2.E.htm)
3. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1600-S.E.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1600-S2.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1600-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#36) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#10) — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#9) — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#46) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#22) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santos — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pike — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2017-05-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-05** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
- **2017-05-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2017-05-29** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Education.
- **2018-01-18** ED - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-22** 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`
- **2018-01-18** ED - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-22** 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** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 206, 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/b76adf6d-33fe-44fa-9033-e6dbb2da8cd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).