---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a graduated reentry program of partial confinement for certain offenders."
description: "Creating a graduated reentry program of partial confinement for certain offenders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2638"
citation: "Washington HB 2638 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS", "DEPARTMENT OF", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f37c0c34-886f-4e43-923d-0554af5e86bc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2638&year=2017"
source_hash: "432c2e6489994c664d40921cc6635a194052cd56f5a55f7ecc71c3b469fba02f"
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 2638 (2017-2018) — Creating a graduated reentry program of partial confinement for certain offenders.

## 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/2638.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2638-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **35–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Public Safety (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Public Safety.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-01** PS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Public Safety.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-07** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-03-07** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-03-07** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-03-07** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 166, 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/f37c0c34-886f-4e43-923d-0554af5e86bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).