---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting access to child care for parents who are attending high school or working toward completion of a high school equivalency certificate."
description: "Supporting access to child care for parents who are attending high school or working toward completion of a high school equivalency certificate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2455"
citation: "Washington HB 2455 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "CHILD CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/637378c9-b285-446a-8e42-292ab2a74192"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2455&year=2019"
source_hash: "73eaf35346be860410614dcb244952edc9797fa5c1d954ce16505d9d311cb11e"
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 2455 (2019-2020) — Supporting access to child care for parents who are attending high school or working toward completion of a high school equivalency certificate.

## 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/2455.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2455-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2455-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **66–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services & Early Learning.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-28** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services & Early Learning.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 32; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** 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, 34; nays, 15; 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 339, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-03** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-01-17T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education 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/637378c9-b285-446a-8e42-292ab2a74192`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).