---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding the provision of trauma-informed child care."
description: "Expanding the provision of trauma-informed child care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2861"
citation: "Washington HB 2861 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f924fda6-72ca-4c80-94ae-8afa2022d835"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2861&year=2017"
source_hash: "5ccd0aa9d376fe1d9a9197d474a7d1168c0354ff7cad672f6b0569e41330f762"
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 2861 (2017-2018) — Expanding the provision of trauma-informed child care.

## 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/2861.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2861.E.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#25) — **70–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **35–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 70; nays, 27; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-15** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-22** 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, 35; nays, 14; 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 231, 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/f924fda6-72ca-4c80-94ae-8afa2022d835`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).