republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2256.md

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Bill	Concerning the online availability of foster parent preservice training.	Concerning the online availability of foster parent preservice training.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2256	Washington HB 2256 (2017-2018)	bill	FOSTER CARE	enacted	Graves	2	24	2	2017-12-05	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/05b590e6-02de-467d-bf30-4ba95086b6ce	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2256&year=2017	e1e6e82e17032f9b53fb3834c1e26018bdbc4d12096a1b6062a45d2e9634f2e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/05b590e6-02de-467d-bf30-4ba95086b6ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).