---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning high school and beyond plans."
description: "Concerning high school and beyond plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2686"
citation: "Washington HB 2686 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/707b0abb-64b0-4cd1-b5b8-83be861d7fc7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2686&year=2017"
source_hash: "d03659faef1a19c83a0fd624e9769a79e17949e495aec82625f4b1aee6e3f20a"
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 2686 (2017-2018) — Concerning high school and beyond plans.

## 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/2686.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2686-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#2) — **77–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — 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`
- **2018-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Education.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-29** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-29** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Education.
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2018-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** 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 229, 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/707b0abb-64b0-4cd1-b5b8-83be861d7fc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).