---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing outreach and engagement with access to baby and child dentistry programs."
description: "Increasing outreach and engagement with access to baby and child dentistry programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2905"
citation: "Washington HB 2905 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "CHILDREN", "DENTISTS AND DENTISTRY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd05c880-5b42-495b-9002-01af54c11c7a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2905&year=2019"
source_hash: "2d100c1d938477f0233c73de21cc753345e15ee2977086f0d18557c91669daf3"
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 2905 (2019-2020) — Increasing outreach and engagement with access to baby and child dentistry programs.

## 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/2905.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2905-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#39) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Johnson — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-08** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-14** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-16** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-16** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-16** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** HLTC - Majority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 293, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **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
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **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/cd05c880-5b42-495b-9002-01af54c11c7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).