BILL · 2025–26 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 1489

HB 1489: Childhood ed./impl. dates

Adjusting implementation dates for programs related to early childhood education and child care.

Summary

Delays the entitlement date for the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program from the 2026-27 school year to the 2030-2031 school year.
Delays the Working Connections Child Care (WCCC) program income eligibility expansion from 60 percent to 75 percent of the state median income (SMI) from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2029, and the eligibility expansion from 75 percent to 85 percent of the SMI, currently subject to appropriation, from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2031.
Delays WCCC program eligibility for persons in the first 12 months of a state registered apprenticeship who have a household income under 85 percent of the SMI, and meet certain additional criteria from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2032.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor

AN ACT Relating to implementation dates for programs related to early childhood education and child care;

No recorded floor votes.

Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 1489)
Jan 12, 2026House Rules "X" file. (SHB 1489)
Jan 12, 2026House Rules "X" file.
Jan 12, 2026By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Feb 17, 2025Referred to Rules 2 Review. (SHB 1489)
Feb 17, 2025Referred to Rules 2 Review.
Feb 12, 2025APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 1489)
Feb 12, 2025APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
Feb 12, 2025APP - Executive action taken by committee.
Jan 21, 2025First reading, referred to Appropriations.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1489 (2023–24) Mt. St. Helens license plate · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1489 (2021–22) Locally manufactured PPE · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1489 (2019–20) Traffic LFO consolidation · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1489 (2017–18) Wildland fire contractors · Enacted · Chapter 104, Laws of 2017
HB 1489 (2015–16) Debt adjusting & management · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1489 (2013–14) Florists/sales and use tax · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1489 (2011–12) Fertilizer w/ phosphorus · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 73, Laws of 2011
HB 1489 (2009–10) Water resource management · Did not pass · died in committee