---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creation of a hope card program."
description: "Creation of a hope card program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1766"
citation: "Washington HB 1766 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/968d9181-5754-4f0f-a964-739af4166b5e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1766&year=2023"
source_hash: "5f2c2b20aac308de30493e8563a81e0caffaf95a83081583cf9931ad080a4ff4"
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 1766 (2023-2024) — Creation of a hope card program.

## 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/1766.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1766-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1766-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1766-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#35) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Cheney — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** Public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-02-17** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Civil Rights & Judiciary. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted (CRJ 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-28** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:30 PM.
- **2023-04-03** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-08** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2023-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `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`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 308, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Effective date 1/1/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/968d9181-5754-4f0f-a964-739af4166b5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).