---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating lunch copays for students who qualify for reduced-price lunches."
description: "Eliminating lunch copays for students who qualify for reduced-price lunches."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "Washington HB 1342 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01ca577b-eb26-4d40-88c9-6ac33875f361"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1342&year=2021"
source_hash: "50e4b2b4c4eb4b4a216d5675008357dfd87ef0b4dd9e9c945a509ca6de32cf59"
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 1342 (2021-2022) — Eliminating lunch copays for students who qualify for reduced-price lunches.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1342.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1342.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 74, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-02T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-03-10T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-12T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM
- **2021-03-22T20:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2021-03-25T20:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01ca577b-eb26-4d40-88c9-6ac33875f361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).