---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the hunger-free students' bill of rights act."
description: "Creating the hunger-free students' bill of rights act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2610"
citation: "Washington HB 2610 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NAMED ACTS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "HOMELESS PERSONS", "FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peterson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e54ad18-4834-4902-875d-f7c6c62f6d1d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2610&year=2017"
source_hash: "48599760df12b4750d3e60d6edfc979bb79a2ba56930b4eb5729bbfbfd008656"
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 2610 (2017-2018) — Creating the hunger-free students' bill of rights act.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2610.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2610-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2610-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#14) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **69–29** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **31–17** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#10) — **28–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peterson — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hudgins — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-11** First reading, referred to Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-01-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-01-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-06** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-12** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-13** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-23** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-23** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-02-26** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended.
- **2018-03-06** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2018-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 69; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 271, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e54ad18-4834-4902-875d-f7c6c62f6d1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).