republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1988.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Implementing a vulnerable youth guardianship program.	Implementing a vulnerable youth guardianship program.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1988	Washington HB 1988 (2017-2018)	bill	JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS DOMESTIC RELATIONS CHILDREN GUARDIANSHIP IMMIGRATION IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRATION STATUS	enacted	Ortiz-Self	2	32	3	2017-02-06	2017-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/3d4c6bf8-e8a9-4531-911e-b3c838cedd3a	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1988&year=2017	1b16273d220d60b102e7dc094bdd867b6120ac3545d2bbe866b9b655c66352f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1988 (2017-2018) — Implementing a vulnerable youth guardianship program.

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 (#13) — 45–2 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#3) — 92–6 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — 91–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
• Frame — cosponsor (person)
• McBride — cosponsor (person)
• Santos — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-06 First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-16 JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-16 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-16 JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-16 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-17 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-02-24 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-01 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-03 First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. reading-1
• 2017-03-14 HSMH - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-14 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-16 On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-03-28 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Human Services, Mental Health & Housing.
• 2017-03-28 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-29 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-04 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-07 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2017-04-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2017-04-13 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2017-04-13 Passed final passage; yeas, 91; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 2. passage
• 2017-04-18 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-19 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-20 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-10 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-10 Chapter 279, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-10 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d4c6bf8-e8a9-4531-911e-b3c838cedd3a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).