republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-2256.md

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Bill	Addressing the children and youth behavioral health work group.	Addressing the children and youth behavioral health work group.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 2256	Washington HB 2256 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Callan	4	25	2	2024-01-10	2024-03-29	openstates	ocd-bill/0b86d4dc-5787-434f-82e7-c2691a1b974c	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2256&year=2023	3ba01576582603dea8f32bea714b796a677b2c5931a2c1ac3c262c5874480b32	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2256 (2023-2024) — Addressing the children and youth behavioral health work group.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#38) — 93–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Callan — primary (person)
• Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Eslick — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
• Paul — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Thai — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. reading-1
• 2024-01-17 Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
• 2024-01-19 Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
• 2024-01-19 HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. substitution
• 2024-01-19 Minority; do not pass. committee-passage-unfavorable
• 2024-01-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review. referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. reading-2
• 2024-02-12 1st substitute bill substituted (HSEL 24). substitution
• 2024-02-12 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2024-02-12 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-12 Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2024-02-14 First reading, referred to Human Services. reading-1
• 2024-02-19 Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-20 Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
• 2024-02-20 HS - Majority; do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2024-02-23 Placed on second reading consent calendar. reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Speaker signed. passage
• 2024-02-29 President signed. passage
• 2024-03-01 Delivered to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-29 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2024-03-29 Chapter 372, 2024 Laws. became-law
• 2024-03-29 Effective date 6/6/2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b86d4dc-5787-434f-82e7-c2691a1b974c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).