---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant."
description: "Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2214"
citation: "Washington HB 2214 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a6d5661-e2ce-4f42-b8ca-1e82d23bc4a0"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2214&year=2023"
source_hash: "ffe0020b191222cdef7d287ed5b90c5b32c471df31c1675a39eb058c0261e31a"
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 2214 (2023-2024) — Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant.

## 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/2214.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2214-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2214-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2214-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **68–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Slatter — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Fosse — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-23** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-01-23** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-01-23** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-03** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-03** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2024-02-03** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-03** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 24). `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 68; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-21** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-21** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-27** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-15** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-15** Chapter 116, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-15** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a6d5661-e2ce-4f42-b8ca-1e82d23bc4a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).