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type: "Bill"
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title: "Supporting and expanding access to child care and early learning programs."
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description: "Supporting and expanding access to child care and early learning programs."
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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 2124"
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citation: "Washington HB 2124 (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: ["Eslick"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-04"
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last_action: "2024-03-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6cf90c6-c7ab-4b25-bbc4-2f1fc8824c1f"
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source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2124&year=2023"
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source_hash: "352ccc1d13e7f54e8b3ff1398965b1108de78e0a216bfe7052f503b3ce09d48f"
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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 2124 (2023-2024) — Supporting and expanding access to child care and early learning programs.
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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/2124.htm)
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2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2124-S2.htm)
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3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2124-S2.PL.htm)
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4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2124-S.htm)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#45) — **39–8** (pass) · upper
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- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#50) — **86–7** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **74–22** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eslick — primary (person)
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- Callan — cosponsor (person)
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- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
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- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
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- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
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- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
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- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
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- Reed — cosponsor (person)
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- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
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- Rule — cosponsor (person)
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- Senn — cosponsor (person)
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- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
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- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
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- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-04** 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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- **2024-01-09** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-01-12** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
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- **2024-01-12** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2024-01-12** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-01-17** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-02** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-05** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 74; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-15** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-19** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
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- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
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- **2024-02-21** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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- **2024-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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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 with amendment(s) by Early Learning & K-12 Education. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
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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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- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
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- **2024-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
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- **2024-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 86; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** President signed. `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-26** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-26** Chapter 282, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
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- **2024-03-26** Effective date 11/1/2024. `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/b6cf90c6-c7ab-4b25-bbc4-2f1fc8824c1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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