---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring participation on the oversight board for children, youth, and families by current or former foster youth, individuals with current or previous experience in the juvenile justice system, a physician with experience working with children or youth, and individuals residing east of the Cascade mountain range."
description: "Ensuring participation on the oversight board for children, youth, and families by current or former foster youth, individuals with current or previous experience in the juvenile justice system, a physician with experience working with children or youth, and individuals residing east of the Cascade mountain range."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1561"
citation: "Washington HB 1561 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49c070e3-8b39-4091-8572-796947305ca6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1561&year=2019"
source_hash: "8ace89383db83a1f53299a999b16a60a09e1efcebc335df447ee13c43146bd07"
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 1561 (2019-2020) — Ensuring participation on the oversight board for children, youth, and families by current or former foster youth, individuals with current or previous experience in the juvenile justice system, a physician with experience working with children or youth, and individuals residing east of the Cascade mountain range.

## 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/1561.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#21) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dent — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** HSEL - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** HSRR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter 429, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-21** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-28T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49c070e3-8b39-4091-8572-796947305ca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).