---
type: "Bill"
title: "Improving the delivery of child support services to families by increasing flexibility and efficiency."
description: "Improving the delivery of child support services to families by increasing flexibility and efficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1916"
citation: "Washington HB 1916 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f0e867-f126-4e77-b60a-c271cf902203"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1916&year=2019"
source_hash: "399e2f3b8f53809424094f23ed83d9dd4e29234a234853041e4a9279fa372ac3"
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 1916 (2019-2020) — Improving the delivery of child support services to families by increasing flexibility and efficiency.

## 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/1916.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1916-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1916-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#39) — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-22** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-01** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-01** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-05** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 275, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-02-22T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-25T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means 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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f0e867-f126-4e77-b60a-c271cf902203`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).