---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supporting the needs of students experiencing homelessness."
description: "Supporting the needs of students experiencing homelessness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1622"
citation: "Washington HB 1622 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/217f2612-7bd6-4a00-ad63-e1af2a0987ff"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1622&year=2023"
source_hash: "edaf4466ea208413e592679ab91690af4c2fd85e8744246cf010405e5dfc8c32"
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 1622 (2023-2024) — Supporting the needs of students experiencing homelessness.

## 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/1622.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1622.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#31) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fey — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Cortes — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-14** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **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 Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-20** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-20** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2023-04-13** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 386, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** 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/217f2612-7bd6-4a00-ad63-e1af2a0987ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).