---
type: "Bill"
title: "Addressing home care workforce shortages."
description: "Addressing home care workforce shortages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1694"
citation: "Washington HB 1694 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58e7cb76-dad1-48fa-8fbb-01872549335e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1694&year=2023"
source_hash: "bfe8360fe6dc4410afd7390df312f88d63594908f9db550541b50fe7e9dd35c4"
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 1694 (2023-2024) — Addressing home care workforce shortages.

## 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/1694.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1694-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1694-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1694-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1694-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#21) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** First reading, referred to Health Care & Wellness. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-14** HCW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-25** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-21** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Health & Long Term Care at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-23** HLTC - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `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`
- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11** Chapter 424, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-11** 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/58e7cb76-dad1-48fa-8fbb-01872549335e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).