---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a child malnutrition field guide for the department of children, youth, and families."
description: "Creating a child malnutrition field guide for the department of children, youth, and families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1274"
citation: "Washington HB 1274 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Couture"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ace5d01-c0a4-4fb9-b37d-d0de748f09ef"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1274&year=2023"
source_hash: "eda07f37a2b780a411c71c1ce92f28af9ac30c85129c4c5e39a9408ddf4e8790"
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 1274 (2023-2024) — Creating a child malnutrition field guide for the department of children, youth, and 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/1274.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1274.E.htm)
3. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1274.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#29) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Couture — primary (person)
- Abbarno — cosponsor (person)
- Barnard — cosponsor (person)
- Christian — cosponsor (person)
- Connors — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Griffey — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchins — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Low — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Robertson — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Waters — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-03** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-15** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-15** HSEL - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-04** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-21** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 70, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ace5d01-c0a4-4fb9-b37d-d0de748f09ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).