---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing a child care collaborative task force."
description: "Establishing a child care collaborative task force."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2367"
citation: "Washington HB 2367 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS", "EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES", "BUSINESSES", "COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18cfce7b-72ab-4405-bd2d-fe6b87083bb1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2367&year=2017"
source_hash: "9b3f628bb0f46c3894117a31249ef66f237394bd0e82257ae59b02b8b9af557b"
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 2367 (2017-2018) — Establishing a child care collaborative task force.

## 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/2367.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2367-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#33) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#11) — **69–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-17** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Early Learning & Human Services.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-17** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-17** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Early Learning & Human Services.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** EDU - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-19** And refer to Labor & Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Labor & Commerce.
- **2018-02-22** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-15** Chapter 91, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-15** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18cfce7b-72ab-4405-bd2d-fe6b87083bb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).