---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing certain documentation and paperwork requirements in order to improve children's mental health and safety."
description: "Reducing certain documentation and paperwork requirements in order to improve children's mental health and safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1819"
citation: "Washington HB 1819 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING", "CHILDREN", "PSYCHOLOGISTS", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRISTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca359b0-87b5-4ba8-8910-6cf0200b9101"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1819&year=2017"
source_hash: "29256e15d07bd5ac4da451e7ba44e34b0b7d644ffed1dc779025e16ac516922f"
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 1819 (2017-2018) — Reducing certain documentation and paperwork requirements in order to improve children's mental health and safety.

## 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/1819.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1819-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1819-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1819-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#28) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dent — primary (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — 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`
- **2017-02-08** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-21** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-01** 2nd 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 Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** HSMH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-22** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-03-29** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.
- **2017-03-31** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-05** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter 207, 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/cca359b0-87b5-4ba8-8910-6cf0200b9101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).