---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning student excused absences for mental health reasons."
description: "Concerning student excused absences for mental health reasons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1834"
citation: "Washington HB 1834 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Callan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea319784-6cb7-4eda-97b4-deba2e1148a8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1834&year=2021"
source_hash: "7d6b26b94685e25083223f059a505ff82ec8b6efaf171a306b21440d1b1a421a"
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 1834 (2021-2022) — Concerning student excused absences for mental health reasons.

## 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/1834.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Callan — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 31, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-16T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-21T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea319784-6cb7-4eda-97b4-deba2e1148a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).