---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reducing training requirements for certain respite care providers who provide respite to unpaid caregivers and work three hundred hours or less in any calendar year."
description: "Reducing training requirements for certain respite care providers who provide respite to unpaid caregivers and work three hundred hours or less in any calendar year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2435"
citation: "Washington HB 2435 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LONG-TERM CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1876677f-2344-4ca9-b282-1cd27e812459"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2435&year=2017"
source_hash: "00c58e5d1cd12043b7a2efbfc4dfded49bc08fc502e25a32a77f18f3ece0b62b"
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 2435 (2017-2018) — Reducing training requirements for certain respite care providers who provide respite to unpaid caregivers and work three hundred hours or less in any calendar year.

## 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/2435.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#26) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#8) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Schmick — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-09** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-03** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 220, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/1876677f-2344-4ca9-b282-1cd27e812459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).