---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the imagination library of Washington program."
description: "Creating the imagination library of Washington program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2068"
citation: "Washington HB 2068 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "LIBRARIES", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe64d8a6-f4e6-4425-9b0a-8c10288e1bc5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2068&year=2021"
source_hash: "c302ec320e6470196b6689626f27b8aa3210404055b6169b06fe25ad17a94061"
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 2068 (2021-2022) — Creating the imagination library of Washington program.

## 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/2068.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2068-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **89–7** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stonier — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Gilday — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Children, Youth & Families. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** CYF - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (CYF 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 10:30 AM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** HSRR - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+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, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `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 39, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-31T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Children, Youth & Families at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-18T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 10:30 AM
- **2022-02-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation 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/fe64d8a6-f4e6-4425-9b0a-8c10288e1bc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).