---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating certain department of early learning advising and contracting mechanisms to reflect federal requirements, legislative mandates, and planned system improvements."
description: "Updating certain department of early learning advising and contracting mechanisms to reflect federal requirements, legislative mandates, and planned system improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1719"
citation: "Washington HB 1719 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EARLY LEARNING", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4710abbd-0c37-49f0-9a9d-a6964bf021cd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1719&year=2017"
source_hash: "055112481e79b74cb5839453d6ae3781525e70e8b63b0258d8cedd408372b5d9"
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 1719 (2017-2018) — Updating certain department of early learning advising and contracting mechanisms to reflect federal requirements, legislative mandates, and planned system improvements.

## 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/1719.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1719-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1719-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#39) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#3) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovick — primary (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-10** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **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, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** 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, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-23** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 171, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/4710abbd-0c37-49f0-9a9d-a6964bf021cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).