---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the posting of child abuse and neglect mandated reporter requirements."
description: "Concerning the posting of child abuse and neglect mandated reporter requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1931"
citation: "Washington HB 1931 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "CHILDREN", "CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbee034e-073a-44e4-9db9-a5df555e9125"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1931&year=2017"
source_hash: "ed5eee26f6f9df01851d119936288046a672818e3c5707d073f8d5f5b56c0750"
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 1931 (2017-2018) — Concerning the posting of child abuse and neglect mandated reporter requirements.

## 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/1931.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#15) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hayes — primary (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** HSMH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-22** 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, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 118, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** 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/fbee034e-073a-44e4-9db9-a5df555e9125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).