---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning child care access."
description: "Concerning child care access."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1344"
citation: "Washington HB 1344 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "CHILD CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29cd9bc5-fb1e-4c6d-a937-5a03e2a01261"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1344&year=2019"
source_hash: "9cd1447458c00d8b9e71671ef37f47716cac5f7af4d6da214fcab7524387494a"
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 1344 (2019-2020) — Concerning child care access.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1344.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1344-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1344-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#27) — **25–20** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **72–24** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **75–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-08** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 75; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 368, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-30T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29cd9bc5-fb1e-4c6d-a937-5a03e2a01261`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).