---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning hunger relief."
description: "Concerning hunger relief."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1784"
citation: "Washington HB 1784 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregerson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d56ddf0-0080-49b5-abc0-d42888ef9fd3"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1784&year=2023"
source_hash: "496b7f3a004a143fc98bf52205570a893f49bf728dc210857b5cb22140045bd0"
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 1784 (2023-2024) — Concerning hunger relief.

## 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/1784.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1784-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1784-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gregerson — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-16** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-03-16** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-03** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-07** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Chapter 63, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-13** Effective date 4/13/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d56ddf0-0080-49b5-abc0-d42888ef9fd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).