republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2019-2020/sb-6309.md

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Bill	Expanding access to nutritious food.	Expanding access to nutritious food.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2019-2020	SB 6309	Washington SB 6309 (2019-2020)	bill	HEALTH DEPARTMENT CHILDREN FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS WOMEN	enacted	Lovelett	3	43	2	2020-01-15	2020-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/17bea7bc-2bb2-4cf0-bd46-3a051426a3c7	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6309&year=2019	36b5db53a5dce3bbe513dc1da2c53da80b995d880d85a9d552986d1c139fe83f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6309 (2019-2020) — Expanding access to nutritious food.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lovelett — primary (person)
• Billig — cosponsor (person)
• Das — cosponsor (person)
• Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Randall — cosponsor (person)
• Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
• Salomon — cosponsor (person)
• Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
• Walsh — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson, C. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-15 First reading, referred to Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation. reading-1
• 2020-01-28 HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-01-28 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2020-02-11 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-11 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-02-13 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
• 2020-02-14 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-01-28 HSRR - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-01-28 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2020-02-11 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-11 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-02-13 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
• 2020-02-14 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-11 WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2020-02-11 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2020-02-13 Placed on second reading consent calendar.
• 2020-02-14 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2020-02-14 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-14 Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. reading-3
• 2020-02-17 First reading, referred to Human Services & Early Learning. reading-1
• 2020-02-25 HSEL - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-02-28 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2020-03-02 APP - Majority; do pass.
• 2020-03-03 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2020-03-03 Placed on second reading.
• 2020-03-04 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2020-03-04 Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2020-03-05 President signed. passage
• 2020-03-05 Speaker signed. passage
• 2020-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2020-03-18 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2020-03-18 Chapter 68, 2020 Laws. became-law
• 2020-03-18 Effective date 6/11/2020. became-law
• 2020-01-22T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 08:00 AM
• 2020-01-28T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation at 01:30 PM
• 2020-02-10T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
• 2020-02-11T15:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
• 2020-02-21T13:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 08:00 AM
• 2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Human Services & Early Learning at 01:30 PM
• 2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
• 2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17bea7bc-2bb2-4cf0-bd46-3a051426a3c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).