---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the online availability of foster parent preservice training."
description: "Concerning the online availability of foster parent preservice training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2256"
citation: "Washington HB 2256 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FOSTER CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Graves"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-12-05"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05b590e6-02de-467d-bf30-4ba95086b6ce"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2256&year=2017"
source_hash: "e1e6e82e17032f9b53fb3834c1e26018bdbc4d12096a1b6062a45d2e9634f2e3"
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 2256 (2017-2018) — Concerning the online availability of foster parent preservice training.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2256.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2256-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Graves — primary (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-05** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2018-01-08** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-16** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-16** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-01-19** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-22** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-24** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** HSC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter 20, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-09** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05b590e6-02de-467d-bf30-4ba95086b6ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).