republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2021-2022/hb-1878.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing public school participation in the community eligibility provision of the United States department of agriculture."
description: "Increasing public school participation in the community eligibility provision of the United States department of agriculture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1878"
citation: "Washington HB 1878 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riccelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b732d11d-8752-40c2-9816-3d1c9af00808"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1878&year=2021"
source_hash: "d5310c9d9b155ff7a47110277bc33b42188f82139f0a6eb637e61bdbca98e19f"
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 1878 (2021-2022) — Increasing public school participation in the community eligibility provision of the United States department of agriculture.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1878.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1878-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riccelli — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Maycumber — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wicks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-31T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 22). `substitution`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Chapter 7, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Effective date 3/4/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-27T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-04T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-05T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-18T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b732d11d-8752-40c2-9816-3d1c9af00808`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).