republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1819.md

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Bill	Reducing certain documentation and paperwork requirements in order to improve children's mental health and safety.	Reducing certain documentation and paperwork requirements in order to improve children's mental health and safety.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1819	Washington HB 1819 (2017-2018)	bill	MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING CHILDREN PSYCHOLOGISTS SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRISTS	enacted	Dent	4	37	3	2017-01-30	2017-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/cca359b0-87b5-4ba8-8910-6cf0200b9101	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1819&year=2017	29256e15d07bd5ac4da451e7ba44e34b0b7d644ffed1dc779025e16ac516922f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1819 (2017-2018) — Reducing certain documentation and paperwork requirements in order to improve children's mental health and safety.

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#28) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#24) — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dent — primary (person)
• Griffey — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Kagi — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-30 First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-08 ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-13 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-21 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-27 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-01 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-08 ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-13 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-21 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-27 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-01 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-21 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-27 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-01 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-01 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-06 First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. reading-1
• 2017-03-20 HSMH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-22 On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-03-29 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.
• 2017-03-31 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-04 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-05 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2017-04-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-18 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2017-04-18 Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2017-04-20 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-20 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-21 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-05 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-05 Chapter 207, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-05 Effective date 7/23/2017**. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cca359b0-87b5-4ba8-8910-6cf0200b9101. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).