---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the confidentiality of educator professional growth plans."
description: "Concerning the confidentiality of educator professional growth plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1732"
citation: "Washington HB 1732 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Springer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d13c9de-827f-4388-812a-46ba5463029a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1732&year=2017"
source_hash: "a81cd070ccc629d028dc8349c4e730dfffdfc16ad694db47d3f6d613a86a36c8"
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 1732 (2017-2018) — Concerning the confidentiality of educator professional growth plans.

## 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/1732.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#46) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Springer — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** 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.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** 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 16, 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/7d13c9de-827f-4388-812a-46ba5463029a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).