---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing support for foster youth in obtaining drivers' licenses and automobile liability insurance."
description: "Providing support for foster youth in obtaining drivers' licenses and automobile liability insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1808"
citation: "Washington HB 1808 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' LICENSES", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "CHILDREN", "FOSTER CARE", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clibborn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14bd9ef6-22ed-45fb-9cc8-98391ce36f6f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1808&year=2017"
source_hash: "c5d1b0ff8cfb31dd15725134f087cb920e62d8f517b019bc967fe3b669aeeae4"
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 1808 (2017-2018) — Providing support for foster youth in obtaining drivers' licenses and automobile liability insurance.

## 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/1808.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1808-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1808-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#5) — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clibborn — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-30** First reading, referred to Transportation (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-21** TR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-02** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** HSMH - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-14** And refer to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Transportation.
- **2017-03-29** TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 206, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-05** 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/14bd9ef6-22ed-45fb-9cc8-98391ce36f6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).