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type: "Bill"
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title: "Creating the department of children, youth, and families."
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description: "Creating the department of children, youth, and families."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HB 1661"
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citation: "Washington HB 1661 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["GOVERNOR", "EARLY LEARNING", "DEPARTMENT", "STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS", "CHILDREN", "SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kagi"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 61
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-26"
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last_action: "2017-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5af4092-5940-41fa-bb6b-683977a21f67"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1661&year=2017"
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source_hash: "4d72997f1fd86a84d2baf542fb1220acf4cbaf116a0c5c9dcf422fb883064d17"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
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---
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# Washington HB 1661 (2017-2018) — Creating the department of children, youth, and families.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1661.htm)
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2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1661-S2.E.htm)
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3. **Second Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1661-S2.E2.htm)
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4. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1661-S2.htm)
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5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1661-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- Final Passage (#1) — **77–17** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage (#2) — **77–19** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage (#13) — **72–22** (pass) · lower
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- Final Passage (#11) — **69–23** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **42–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kagi — primary (person)
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- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
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- Clibborn — cosponsor (person)
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- Dent — cosponsor (person)
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- Fey — cosponsor (person)
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- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
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- Frame — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
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- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
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- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
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- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
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- Lytton — cosponsor (person)
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- Macri — cosponsor (person)
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- Muri — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
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- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
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- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- Sells — cosponsor (person)
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- Senn — cosponsor (person)
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- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
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- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
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- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilcox — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-26** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-14** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2017-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2017-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
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- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2017-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2017-03-15** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2017-02-14** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2017-02-14** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2017-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
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- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
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- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2017-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2017-03-15** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
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- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
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- **2017-03-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
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- **2017-03-15** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
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- **2017-03-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2017-03-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2017-03-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 19; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-17** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-29** HSMH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
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- **2017-03-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-29** Minority; do not pass.
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- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
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- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
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- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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- **2017-05-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
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- **2017-05-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 69; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
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- **2017-05-05** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
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- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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- **2017-05-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
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- **2017-05-25** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2017-05-29** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-21** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
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- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
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- **2017-06-23** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
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- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended.
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- **2017-06-29** Returned to second reading for amendment.
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- **2017-06-29** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
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- **2017-06-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2017-06-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
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- **2017-06-30** First Reading.
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- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended.
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- **2017-06-30** Placed on second reading.
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- **2017-06-30** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
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- **2017-06-30** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2017-06-30** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2017-06-30** President signed. `passage`
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- **2017-07-03** Delivered to Governor.
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- **2017-07-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-06** Chapter 6, 2017 Laws 3rd Special Session. `became-law`
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- **2017-07-06** Effective date 10/19/2017*. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5af4092-5940-41fa-bb6b-683977a21f67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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