---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning child support, but only with respect to standards for determination of income, abatement of child support for incarcerated obligors, modification of administrative orders, and notices of support owed."
description: "Concerning child support, but only with respect to standards for determination of income, abatement of child support for incarcerated obligors, modification of administrative orders, and notices of support owed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2302"
citation: "Washington HB 2302 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilduff"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab745024-d92f-4267-b015-5257675ec68e"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2302&year=2019"
source_hash: "5b90843569a31e4ac3a1f98400820aeee536db3c2c3d12a8d9b2d8562b7d2ca7"
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 2302 (2019-2020) — Concerning child support, but only with respect to standards for determination of income, abatement of child support for incarcerated obligors, modification of administrative orders, and notices of support owed.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2302.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2302-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#7) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#17) — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **57–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilduff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2020-01-13** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-01-31** CRJ - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-01-31** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-13** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 41; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-17** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** LAW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-27** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 27; nays, 21; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-09** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-31** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-31** Chapter 227, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-31** Effective date 6/11/2020*. `became-law`
- **2020-01-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2020-01-31T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-20T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-27T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab745024-d92f-4267-b015-5257675ec68e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).