Checkmark
WashingtonVotes.org
your lawmakers' votes at your fingertips
A free public service of Washington Policy Center
Legislation watch
     

Search all years.

2019 House Bill 1603: Revising economic assistance programs by updating standards of need, revising outcome measures and data collected, and reducing barriers to participation
Introduced by Rep. Tana Senn (East King County) (D) on January 25, 2019
  Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Human Services & Early Learning Committee on January 25, 2019
Substitute offered in the House on February 5, 2019
Modifies policies in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and WorkFirst programs. Requires the Department of Social and Health Services to revise and update a comprehensive study of living costs related to consolidated standards of need.
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 8, 2019
Passed 69 to 28 in the House on March 7, 2019.
    See Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No".
Received in the Senate on March 9, 2019
Referred to the Senate Human Services, Reentry & Rehabilitation Committee on March 9, 2019
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on March 22, 2019
Amendment offered in the Senate on April 9, 2019
Modifies the hardship exemption from the lifetime limit to include those who are homeless, rather than those who are homeless or at substantial risk of losing stable housing or housing support services.
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 9, 2019
Passed 35 to 13 in the Senate on April 15, 2019.
    See Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No".
Received in the House on April 18, 2019
Passed 55 to 39 in the House on April 18, 2019.
    See Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No".
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 9, 2019