---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning authority over individuals found guilty of or accused of criminal offenses that occurred when the individual was under age 18."
description: "Concerning authority over individuals found guilty of or accused of criminal offenses that occurred when the individual was under age 18."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2217"
citation: "Washington HB 2217 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d1a7f35-ff63-474c-90f0-a57ce2d8904f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2217&year=2023"
source_hash: "427ebac09846f99edb12f38eda7a01ee5060e12bfbda726da4d905e17798c54d"
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 2217 (2023-2024) — Concerning authority over individuals found guilty of or accused of criminal offenses that occurred when the individual was under age 18.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2217.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2217-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2217-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 801 Padden Pg 3 Ln 29 (#23) — **20–29** (fail) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **29–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cortes — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-30** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-30** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-30** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2024-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSEL 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 54; nays, 43; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-20** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Chapter 117, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-15** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d1a7f35-ff63-474c-90f0-a57ce2d8904f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).