---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving transitions in extended foster care to increase housing stability for foster youth."
description: "Improving transitions in extended foster care to increase housing stability for foster youth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1867"
citation: "Washington HB 1867 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "PUBLIC POLICY", "INSTITUTE FOR", "STUDIES", "FOSTER CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04fd4451-9979-4550-bba5-c507ca932b98"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1867&year=2017"
source_hash: "3b7ee2c366f6c990f0fd23fb8578132945d10f14f0edf7b0d13bf35a9853b7ae"
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 1867 (2017-2018) — Improving transitions in extended foster care to increase housing stability for foster youth.

## 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/1867.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1867-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#20) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **93–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** 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 Appropriations.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HSMH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2017-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 93; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-10** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** Chapter 265, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-10** 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/04fd4451-9979-4550-bba5-c507ca932b98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).