---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning educator preparation data for use by the professional educator standards board."
description: "Concerning educator preparation data for use by the professional educator standards board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1741"
citation: "Washington HB 1741 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT", "OFFICE", "PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01488762-135a-4105-9559-507491cb311b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1741&year=2017"
source_hash: "471bade0c766eafaaeaa18462923537b2f4320fc98a83c7d1d6c3feb0fd9367c"
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 1741 (2017-2018) — Concerning educator preparation data for use by the professional educator standards board.

## 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/1741.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1741-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#25) — **78–20** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** HE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-31** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 172, 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/01488762-135a-4105-9559-507491cb311b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).