---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning confinement in juvenile rehabilitation facilities."
description: "Concerning confinement in juvenile rehabilitation facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1646"
citation: "Washington HB 1646 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "PUBLIC POLICY", "INSTITUTE FOR", "JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2d5bac5-c3e9-460a-904f-fec6160498aa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1646&year=2019"
source_hash: "b9b56e0aa46b165c27e5b924e557065dbee2c63fe0bd5eb22d224c487a8e589a"
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 1646 (2019-2020) — Concerning confinement in juvenile rehabilitation facilities.

## 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/1646.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1646-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1646-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1646-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#22) — **76–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- 664 Padden Pg 2 Ln 25 (#23) — **20–28** (fail) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#30) — **56–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goodman — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Irwin — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-06** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-25** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-05** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** HSRR - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 56; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter 322, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-09** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-21T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 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/f2d5bac5-c3e9-460a-904f-fec6160498aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).