SHB 2505: Exempting certain former foster care providers from adult family home licensure.
Signed into law: Chapter 91, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Eslick
- Introduced
- January 15, 2026
- Status
- C 91 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 18, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Exempts certain individuals from adult family home licensing requirements if they have been licensed to operate a foster family home or approved for a child-specific license when the only unrelated adults receiving care in the home are former foster youth who had received personal care from the individual or youth for whom the individual received the child-specific license.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 202696 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 202648 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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