---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning youth solitary confinement."
description: "Concerning youth solitary confinement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2277"
citation: "Washington HB 2277 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1125b02-f2ed-4ba0-ab9f-58653ba6bea9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2277&year=2019"
source_hash: "da53037d78ad684c84858ee50f4fa6ad1431d7089a1faa19ab1f9072340fe31e"
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 2277 (2019-2020) — Concerning youth solitary confinement.

## 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/2277.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2277-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2277-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **76–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peterson — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-24** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-24** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-26** HSRR - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-03** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-03** Chapter 333, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-03** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-15T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-24T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-05T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+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/e1125b02-f2ed-4ba0-ab9f-58653ba6bea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).