republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2023-2024/hb-2214.md

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Bill	Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant.	Permitting beneficiaries of public assistance programs to automatically qualify as income-eligible for the purpose of receiving the Washington college grant.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2023-2024	HB 2214	Washington HB 2214 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Slatter	4	38	2	2024-01-09	2024-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2a6d5661-e2ce-4f42-b8ca-1e82d23bc4a0	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2214&year=2023	ffe0020b191222cdef7d287ed5b90c5b32c471df31c1675a39eb058c0261e31a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Passed Legislature (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/2a6d5661-e2ce-4f42-b8ca-1e82d23bc4a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).