republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1624.md

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Bill	Concerning working connections child care eligibility for vulnerable children.	Concerning working connections child care eligibility for vulnerable children.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1624	Washington HB 1624 (2017-2018)	bill	CHILD CARE EARLY LEARNING DEPARTMENT	enacted	Senn	2	50	5	2017-01-25	2017-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/31cbfb1d-03a6-4cac-aa59-913f27b158b5	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1624&year=2017	e66038a68f0a440c128897b4d6b244257b795cbac1892283a9100ff9b7dcec3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1624 (2017-2018) — Concerning working connections child care eligibility for vulnerable children.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#22) — 43–6 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — 43–6 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#11) — 76–21 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#11) — 75–19 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#3) — 80–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Senn — primary (person)
• Dent — cosponsor (person)
• Farrell — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
• Kagi — cosponsor (person)
• Lytton — cosponsor (person)
• Pettigrew — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-25 First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-07 ELHS - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-07 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-10 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-21 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-21 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-02 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-03 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-21 APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-21 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-02 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-03 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-03 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-03 Third reading, passed; yeas, 76; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-03-07 First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. reading-1
• 2017-03-20 HSMH - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-03-20 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2017-03-20 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-03-22 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-04-04 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-04-04 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-04-04 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-04-04 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-05 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-11 Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
• 2017-04-11 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-04-17 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
• 2017-04-24 Returned to House Rules 3.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2017-05-25 Third reading, passed; yeas, 75; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2017-05-29 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-06-28 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2017-06-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 80; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2017-06-29 First Reading.
• 2017-06-29 Rules suspended.
• 2017-06-29 Placed on second reading.
• 2017-06-29 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-06-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-06-30 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-06-30 President signed. passage
• 2017-06-30 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-07-06 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-07-06 Chapter 9, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. became-law
• 2017-07-06 Effective date 12/1/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31cbfb1d-03a6-4cac-aa59-913f27b158b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).