---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the rights of clients of the developmental disabilities administration of the department of social and health services."
description: "Concerning the rights of clients of the developmental disabilities administration of the department of social and health services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1651"
citation: "Washington HB 1651 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a95db1-29b2-49d4-b9a5-9285e4dc8137"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1651&year=2019"
source_hash: "d14ae5aba7473f777a571766b7cfb7c1d48281933e47be139ee50acb2675012f"
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 1651 (2019-2020) — Concerning the rights of clients of the developmental disabilities administration of the department of social and health services.

## 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/1651.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1651-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1651-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — 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`
- **2019-02-15** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-01-13** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2020-01-13** Referred to Human Services & Early Learning.
- **2020-01-28** HSEL - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-15** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-01-13** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2020-01-13** Referred to Human Services & Early Learning.
- **2020-01-28** HSEL - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-28** HSEL - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** HLTC - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 271, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-08T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16a95db1-29b2-49d4-b9a5-9285e4dc8137`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).