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Bill	Creating the department of children, youth, and families.	Creating the department of children, youth, and families.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1661	Washington HB 1661 (2017-2018)	bill	GOVERNOR EARLY LEARNING DEPARTMENT STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS CHILDREN SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT DOMESTIC RELATIONS	enacted	Kagi	5	61	5	2017-01-26	2017-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/f5af4092-5940-41fa-bb6b-683977a21f67	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1661&year=2017	4d72997f1fd86a84d2baf542fb1220acf4cbaf116a0c5c9dcf422fb883064d17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1661 (2017-2018) — Creating the department of children, youth, and families.

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 Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
5. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#1) — 77–17 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#2) — 77–19 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#13) — 72–22 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#11) — 69–23 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — 42–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kagi — primary (person)
• Appleton — cosponsor (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
• Dent — cosponsor (person)
• Fey — cosponsor (person)
• Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
• Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• Klippert — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Lovick — cosponsor (person)
• Lytton — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Muri — cosponsor (person)
• Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
• Orwall — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Robinson — cosponsor (person)
• Sells — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• Wilcox — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-14 ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-14 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-14 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-24 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-24 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-15 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-14 ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-14 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-14 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-24 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-24 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-15 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-24 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-24 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-08 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-15 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-15 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-15 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-15 Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2017-03-17 First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. reading-1
• 2017-03-29 HSMH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-29 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2017-03-29 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-03-29 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-01 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2017-05-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 6. reading-3
• 2017-05-05 First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. reading-1
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-05-23 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, 72; nays, 22; 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.
• 2017-06-23 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2017-06-29 Rules suspended.
• 2017-06-29 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2017-06-29 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-06-29 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-06-29 Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2017-06-30 First Reading.
• 2017-06-30 Rules suspended.
• 2017-06-30 Placed on second reading.
• 2017-06-30 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-06-30 Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-06-30 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-06-30 President signed. passage
• 2017-07-03 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-07-06 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-07-06 Chapter 6, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. became-law
• 2017-07-06 Effective date 10/19/2017*. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5af4092-5940-41fa-bb6b-683977a21f67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).