---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning food assistance funding."
description: "Concerning food assistance funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1499"
citation: "Washington HB 1499 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shavers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80ca48cf-a6f3-4f56-a663-26ef9f36f93f"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1499&year=2023"
source_hash: "def074619893a6bae6d88efcf737030bebb28d9f8348cf083176ca218b9cbf21"
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 1499 (2023-2024) — Concerning food assistance funding.

## 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/1499.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1499-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1499-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#42) — **95–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shavers — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** First reading, referred to Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-02-10** HSEL - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** 1st substitute bill substituted (HSEL 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** First reading, referred to Human Services. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-14** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Human Services at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-14** HS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-15** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-27** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 31, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** 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/80ca48cf-a6f3-4f56-a663-26ef9f36f93f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).