---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning dependency petitions where the department of social and health services is the petitioner."
description: "Concerning dependency petitions where the department of social and health services is the petitioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1790"
citation: "Washington HB 1790 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd98511b-3e31-4dc4-b3bd-3a987b7000c4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1790&year=2017"
source_hash: "a5d1d631dd476c12141d7c5c6fcf9affb3a8f5993ba14ef367223b9a95d1f6c2"
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 1790 (2017-2018) — Concerning dependency petitions where the department of social and health services is the petitioner.

## 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/1790.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#47) — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#40) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#4) — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** 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, 96; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HSMH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-19** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-26** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** HSC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **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.
- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter 17, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-09** 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/bd98511b-3e31-4dc4-b3bd-3a987b7000c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).