republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/hb-2556.md

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Bill	Providing regulatory relief for early learning providers.	Providing regulatory relief for early learning providers.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	HB 2556	Washington HB 2556 (2019-2020)	bill	CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT STUDIES CHILD CARE	enacted	Dent	2	38	2	2020-01-15	2020-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/736a46d6-7951-406f-a479-81587143194d	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2556&year=2019	c7870d6fd11663c649329e8d34265396a689825810aae55475f1d1fedd107b33	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2556 (2019-2020) — Providing regulatory relief for early learning providers.

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 (#6) — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dent — primary (person)
• Caldier — cosponsor (person)
• Corry — cosponsor (person)
• Dufault — cosponsor (person)
• Eslick — cosponsor (person)
• Gildon — cosponsor (person)
• Griffey — cosponsor (person)
• Jenkin — cosponsor (person)
• Klippert — cosponsor (person)
• McCaslin — cosponsor (person)
• Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-15 First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. reading-1
• 2020-02-07 HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2020-02-11 APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services & Early Learning.
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-12 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-13 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-07 HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-07 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2020-02-11 APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services & Early Learning.
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-02-12 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2020-02-13 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-13 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-13 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2020-02-17 First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. reading-1
• 2020-02-28 EDU - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-02-28 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2020-02-28 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2020-03-02 WM - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-03-02 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-03-04 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
• 2020-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2020-03-09 Speaker signed. passage
• 2020-03-10 President signed. passage
• 2020-03-11 Delivered to Governor.
• 2020-04-03 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2020-04-03 Chapter 342, 2020 Laws. became-law
• 2020-04-03 Effective date 6/11/2020. became-law
• 2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
• 2020-02-07T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
• 2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
• 2020-02-11T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
• 2020-02-24T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
• 2020-02-28T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
• 2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
• 2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/736a46d6-7951-406f-a479-81587143194d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).