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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expanding economic assistance for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families."
+description: "Expanding economic assistance for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2415"
+citation: "Washington HB 2415 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cortes"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-18"
+last_action: "2024-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32218a10-85b2-47cb-b1e4-09c4f3289064"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2415&year=2023"
+source_hash: "69e67426f95ee3d2b8c345518e6d8a2c3fdca0fd947ef01c339551920117fbb5"
+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 2415 (2023-2024) — Expanding economic assistance for individuals who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families.
+
+## 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/2415.htm)
+2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2415.PL.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#36) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **92–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cortes — primary (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-18** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-30** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-01-31** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
+- **2024-01-31** HSEL - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-31** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-01-31** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-12** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-15** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
+- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
+- **2024-02-20** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2024-02-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2024-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-04** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** President signed. `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-18** Chapter 154, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2024-03-18** Effective date 1/1/2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32218a10-85b2-47cb-b1e4-09c4f3289064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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