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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying child care provider qualifications."
description: "Modifying child care provider qualifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1648"
citation: "Washington HB 1648 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dent"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dabae012-bb7e-414d-b94d-30979e8fd1c0"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1648&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "b3cbeb9107f02895a1a70bb3c256a193fe8c83af3c1cfa170c7dd3a928875c93"
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 1648 (2025-2026) — Modifying child care provider qualifications.
## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1648.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1648-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1648-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1648-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1648-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dent — primary (person)
- Burnett — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Penner — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28** First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-18** ELHS - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-26** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2025-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-10** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-27** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15** Chapter 281, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-15** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dabae012-bb7e-414d-b94d-30979e8fd1c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).