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type: "Bill"
title: "Providing the list of foster parent rights and responsibilities to prospective and current foster parents."
description: "Providing the list of foster parent rights and responsibilities to prospective and current foster parents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2785"
citation: "Washington HB 2785 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "YOUTH", "AND FAMILIES", "DEPARTMENT", "FOSTER CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06059f7b-6307-487b-80f9-7363612b7431"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2785&year=2017"
source_hash: "e36289c4e3fd27b455b76702b93bb180ebbb04a2b3a59366878882c577fe9a96"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington HB 2785 (2017-2018) — Providing the list of foster parent rights and responsibilities to prospective and current foster parents.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2785.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **480** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#56) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dent — primary (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Klippert — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-16** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** ELHS - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-02** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** HSC - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-13** Chapter 51, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-13** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06059f7b-6307-487b-80f9-7363612b7431`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).