---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the personal needs allowance for people in residential and institutional care settings."
description: "Increasing the personal needs allowance for people in residential and institutional care settings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2651"
citation: "Washington HB 2651 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "LONG-TERM CARE", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa709b29-61d1-4a09-b688-59ccfb26ca81"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2651&year=2017"
source_hash: "c20cfee3a115bdcf66be8f57d6561b71b3854b83478821cfdc2f5b442bc6ec8c"
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 2651 (2017-2018) — Increasing the personal needs allowance for people in residential and institutional care settings.

## 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/2651.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2651-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#10) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 137, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** 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/aa709b29-61d1-4a09-b688-59ccfb26ca81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).