HB 1660 Washington House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Reporting information related to racial disproportionality in child welfare.

HB 1660 requires Washington’s child welfare department to submit annual reports starting in 2025, focusing on racial disparities in child welfare cases. The reports must include detailed, race-disaggregated data for the past five years on case types (like abuse/neglect intakes), placements, reunification rates, and prevention services. They also need to document the department’s efforts to address these disparities and propose policy or funding changes. This law directly affects the state’s child welfare agency and aims to inform legislative action on racial equity in the system.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 12, 2026 Last action Jan 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

Bill → Substitute Bill · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered and updated to reflect its status as a substitute bill after committee review. The core policy change expands the data reporting requirements for racial disproportionality in child welfare, adding new metrics on family assessments, repeated intakes, and out-of-home care investigations while removing specific categories regarding guardianship types and child welfare redesign updates.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding data collection was broadened to include more granular details on intake types and family assessment responses, while the requirement to report on child welfare redesign implementation was removed.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from H-0793.1 to H-1440.2, and the title was updated to indicate it is a substitute bill.

TIMELINE

The reading date was updated from January 28, 2025, to February 20, 2025, reflecting the bill's progression in the legislative process.

REQUIREMENT

Reporting requirements were expanded to include specific counts for abuse/neglect intakes based on primary allegations, family assessment responses, and repeated intakes.

The requirement to report on specific guardianship types (court-appointed, statutory, or tribal) was removed from the data list.

The requirement to report updates on the implementation of the child welfare redesign was removed.

The requirement to report on the child welfare redesign was removed, and the list of required data points was reorganized to include new categories like out-of-home care investigations.

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Committee

Jan 12, 2026

Introduced

By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.

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Feb 20, 2025

Committee

Referred to Rules 2 Review.

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Minority; without recommendation.

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.

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Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.

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1 primary · 7 co-sponsors