---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the siting of schools and school facilities."
description: "Concerning the siting of schools and school facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2243"
citation: "Washington HB 2243 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UTILITIES", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "GROWTH MANAGEMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaslin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-29"
last_action: "2017-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6676fff7-b79b-4617-84be-19c742c0fa1a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2243&year=2017"
source_hash: "70cca1151c6c5436f4f67940948a2f82c16705ab4d05493b1af850b2ec781a68"
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 2243 (2017-2018) — Concerning the siting of schools and school facilities.

## 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/2243.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#19) — **78–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaslin — primary (person)
- Barkis — 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** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 78; nays, 15; 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, 30; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-03** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-07-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-07** Chapter 32, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
- **2017-07-07** 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/6676fff7-b79b-4617-84be-19c742c0fa1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).