---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing certain restrictions on subsidized child care for students at institutions of higher education."
description: "Removing certain restrictions on subsidized child care for students at institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1303"
citation: "Washington HB 1303 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "INDIANS", "CHILD CARE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shewmake"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e41bf23-1b66-406f-af25-7ec30efdf932"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1303&year=2019"
source_hash: "2502c77928608d1933a801946f0495bf589a7b0e8f0af354fb37aeb7127d7cec"
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 1303 (2019-2020) — Removing certain restrictions on subsidized child care for students at institutions of higher education.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1303.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1303-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1303-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#6) — **90–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **43–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shewmake — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-01** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 90; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-08** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** EDU - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-23** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-23** Chapter 97, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-23** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-01T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-15T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e41bf23-1b66-406f-af25-7ec30efdf932`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).