---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing the children and youth behavioral health work group."
description: "Addressing the children and youth behavioral health work group."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2256"
citation: "Washington HB 2256 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Callan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b86d4dc-5787-434f-82e7-c2691a1b974c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2256&year=2023"
source_hash: "3ba01576582603dea8f32bea714b796a677b2c5931a2c1ac3c262c5874480b32"
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 (2023-2024) — Addressing the children and youth behavioral health work group.

## 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/2256.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2256-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2256-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2256-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Callan — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** 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.
- **2024-01-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-19** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSEL 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 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`
- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-23** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-29** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-29** Chapter 372, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-29** 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/0b86d4dc-5787-434f-82e7-c2691a1b974c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).