---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning foster youth health care benefits."
description: "Concerning foster youth health care benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2530"
citation: "Washington HB 2530 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "MENTAL HEALTH", "FOSTER CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f7b1e79-472b-46d9-9344-fd9454c67310"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2530&year=2017"
source_hash: "4e5ea5b2f019c265f4dde304d51f7d7998d5a1c8ddb3fc8987a2003078b834d7"
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 2530 (2017-2018) — Concerning foster youth health care benefits.

## 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/2530.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2530-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#41) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senn — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** HCW - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-05** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-05** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 94; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-19** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter 27, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-09** Effective date 7/1/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f7b1e79-472b-46d9-9344-fd9454c67310`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).