---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transferring the working connections and seasonal child care programs to the department of children, youth, and families."
description: "Transferring the working connections and seasonal child care programs to the department of children, youth, and families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2816"
citation: "Washington HB 2816 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILD CARE", "CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6539aaeb-18fc-4271-aafc-f8c406498f5f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2816&year=2017"
source_hash: "ac708d2b14ff4dc8cbacf939c481d70b7657de628b78e32a6477d40e004cc6fe"
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 2816 (2017-2018) — Transferring the working connections and seasonal child care programs to the department of children, youth, and families.

## 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/2816.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senn — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-24** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **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.
- **2018-02-19** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-19** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** 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** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 52, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 7/1/2019. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6539aaeb-18fc-4271-aafc-f8c406498f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).