---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing early learning access through licensing, eligibility, and rate improvements."
description: "Increasing early learning access through licensing, eligibility, and rate improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2619"
citation: "Washington HB 2619 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "NAMED ACTS", "CHILD CARE", "FOSTER CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shewmake"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72f1aa0d-5cd6-4a99-9e18-4eb28a472aed"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2619&year=2019"
source_hash: "d1dc7c1237b08ee91f9de67b73ca86f12de6c7e58a0dd232cf3347244ab07646"
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 2619 (2019-2020) — Increasing early learning access through licensing, eligibility, and rate improvements.

## 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/2619.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#26) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shewmake — primary (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** HSEL - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** 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.
- **2020-04-03** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2020-04-03** Chapter 343, 2020 Laws PV. `became-law`
- **2020-04-03** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2020-01-31T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+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/72f1aa0d-5cd6-4a99-9e18-4eb28a472aed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).