---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funding fully the state's program of basic education by providing equitable education opportunities through reform of state and local education contributions."
description: "Funding fully the state's program of basic education by providing equitable education opportunities through reform of state and local education contributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2242"
citation: "Washington HB 2242 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-29"
last_action: "2017-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7587a37-3545-4e94-bac9-8f2921dc740c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2242&year=2017"
source_hash: "1202a9747066a6326a0afb4738445616c98a79adbd56f14a84a03f363ee78739"
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 2242 (2017-2018) — Funding fully the state's program of basic education by providing equitable education opportunities through reform of state and local education contributions.

## 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/2242.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2242.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#7) — **67–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **32–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-29** Read first time, rules suspended, and placed on second reading calendar. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-30** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** First Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended.
- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading.
- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-06** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2017-07-06** Chapter 13, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session PV. `became-law`
- **2017-07-06** Effective date 10/19/2017*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7587a37-3545-4e94-bac9-8f2921dc740c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).