---
type: "Bill"
title: "Changing explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes."
description: "Changing explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1654"
citation: "Washington HB 1654 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaslin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad62cf52-4319-4777-916f-e16c0d13d082"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1654&year=2017"
source_hash: "41e7cff6fb8f553f2786127992b72117aa37d09698d7c543629c864f31371e8b"
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 1654 (2017-2018) — Changing explicit alternative routes to teacher certification program requirements to expectations for program outcomes.

## 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/1654.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1654.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCaslin — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** 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.
- **2017-03-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-14** Chapter 14, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-14** 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/ad62cf52-4319-4777-916f-e16c0d13d082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).