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type: "Bill"
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title: "Improving communication between the department of children, youth, and families and caregivers."
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description: "Improving communication between the department of children, youth, and families and caregivers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
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legislature: "Washington Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "HB 1970"
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citation: "Washington HB 1970 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McClintock"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-12-18"
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last_action: "2024-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8abc8f67-eb9b-4e16-9336-d3cd79caf47b"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1970&year=2023"
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source_hash: "a02c6667623042aea1096627f9fab251e75821911abb45b30e3c05187c55db22"
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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 1970 (2023-2024) — Improving communication between the department of children, youth, and families and caregivers.
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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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1970.htm)
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2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1970-S.htm)
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3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1970-S.PL.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- McClintock — primary (person)
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- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
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- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
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- Couture — cosponsor (person)
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- Graham — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
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- Waters — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-18** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
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- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-01-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-01-26** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2024-01-29** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-03** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSEL 24). `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-14** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-20** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
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- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
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- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-18** Chapter 145, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-18** Effective date 6/6/2024. `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/8abc8f67-eb9b-4e16-9336-d3cd79caf47b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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