---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the working connections child care program."
description: "Concerning the working connections child care program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2689"
citation: "Washington HB 2689 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregerson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/658c5730-61a0-407b-a409-5471fb6c1263"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=2689&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0bfc4f5f8458e97efc3e3d7bda867c002dc5bb07fc7836c3def5bc067b360828"
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 2689 (2025-2026) — Concerning the working connections child care 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2689.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2689-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2689-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#9) — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) — **51–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gregerson — primary (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-26** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 26). `substitution`
- **2026-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 44; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-06** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2026-03-10** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 3:00 PM.
- **2026-03-10** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-10** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-10** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 51; nays, 45; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Chapter 264, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-04-01** Effective date 4/1/2026*. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/658c5730-61a0-407b-a409-5471fb6c1263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).