---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding access to nutritious food."
description: "Expanding access to nutritious food."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 6309"
citation: "Washington SB 6309 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HEALTH", "DEPARTMENT", "CHILDREN", "FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lovelett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17bea7bc-2bb2-4cf0-bd46-3a051426a3c7"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6309&year=2019"
source_hash: "36b5db53a5dce3bbe513dc1da2c53da80b995d880d85a9d552986d1c139fe83f"
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 SB 6309 (2019-2020) — Expanding access to nutritious food.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/6309.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6309-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/6309-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lovelett — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Salomon — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-28** HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-11** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-02-13** Placed on second reading consent calendar.
- **2020-02-14** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** HSEL - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-03** Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 68, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-22T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17bea7bc-2bb2-4cf0-bd46-3a051426a3c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).