---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending child support income withholding provisions to comply with federal child support program requirements."
description: "Amending child support income withholding provisions to comply with federal child support program requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1171"
citation: "Washington HB 1171 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f50ad9fc-085b-45b9-bf0c-88ade9e5a196"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1171&year=2021"
source_hash: "f86c479dd18581b15bda09a811ec06ebe30ef555057479daf271f0db08fa80dd"
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 1171 (2021-2022) — Amending child support income withholding provisions to comply with federal child support program requirements.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1171.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1171-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walen — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 9:30 AM.
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 8:30 AM.
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** LAW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 35, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021*. `became-law`
- **2021-01-19T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2021-01-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2021-02-15T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 09:30 AM
- **2021-02-25T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f50ad9fc-085b-45b9-bf0c-88ade9e5a196`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).