House2025-26 sessionFiscal note

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 28, 2026
Status
C 91 L 26
Last action
Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 18, 2026)

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, 2026
    96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
  • Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 2026
    48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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