---
type: "Bill"
title: "Promoting preapprenticeship opportunities for high school students."
description: "Promoting preapprenticeship opportunities for high school students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2685"
citation: "Washington HB 2685 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "APPRENTICES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "VOCATIONAL EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31dfeef1-3a29-472b-885f-6520f3d95d4a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2685&year=2017"
source_hash: "4164df896033cb62f07c81e0d3ac96e118ce510ef23be3ad5651bee022d71b9c"
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 2685 (2017-2018) — Promoting preapprenticeship opportunities for high school students.

## 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/2685.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2685-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#21) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-29** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **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 Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-19** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-28** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **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 228, 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/31dfeef1-3a29-472b-885f-6520f3d95d4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).