CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1866
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the House March 5, 2019
  Yeas 97  Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 12, 2019
  Yeas 47  Nays 0

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1866 as passed by House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington

HOUSE BILL 1866

Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Dent, Chapman, Corry, Griffey, Dolan, Reeves, and Appleton
Read first time 02/04/19.Referred to Committee on Human Services & Early Learning.
AN ACT Relating to professional development requirements for child day care centers; and adding a new section to chapter 43.216 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.216 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The department shall allow all child day care centers until at least August 1, 2024, to comply with any changes made to professional development requirements after the effective date of this section.
(2) For purposes of this section, "professional development requirements" means any professional credentials including academic degrees, coursework, or certificates, attendance at conferences, informal learning, or other education required for licensure by the department.
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