republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-1525.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning eligibility for working connections child care benefits for persons participating in state registered apprenticeships."
description: "Concerning eligibility for working connections child care benefits for persons participating in state registered apprenticeships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1525"
citation: "Washington HB 1525 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fosse"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96645c5a-c591-4cf1-9ae6-fab7f2bcf450"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1525&year=2023"
source_hash: "a2cbb57cd2f117bece7f100f3511a5d077870c6f3f6846461fd01db0e233f2a7"
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 1525 (2023-2024) — Concerning eligibility for working connections child care benefits for persons participating in state registered apprenticeships.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1525.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1525-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1525-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1525-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — **36–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fosse — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Barkis — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Donaghy — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Farivar — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Shavers — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Stearns — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Waters — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-07** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-07** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-15** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-15** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-08** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-17** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 294, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96645c5a-c591-4cf1-9ae6-fab7f2bcf450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).