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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Addressing home care workforce shortages."
+description: "Addressing home care workforce shortages."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1694"
+citation: "Washington HB 1694 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-31"
+last_action: "2023-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58e7cb76-dad1-48fa-8fbb-01872549335e"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1694&year=2023"
+source_hash: "bfe8360fe6dc4410afd7390df312f88d63594908f9db550541b50fe7e9dd35c4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
+---
+
+# Washington HB 1694 (2023-2024) — Addressing home care workforce shortages.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1694.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1694-S2.E.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1694-S2.htm)
+4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1694-S2.PL.htm)
+5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1694-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Macri — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Reed — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Senn — cosponsor (person)
+- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-31** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-02-14** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-16** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-21** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
+- **2023-03-23** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
+- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-11** Chapter 424, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-11** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58e7cb76-dad1-48fa-8fbb-01872549335e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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