CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1499
Chapter 31, Laws of 2023
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
FOOD BANK FUNDING—USE FOR ESSENTIAL NONFOOD ITEMS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the House February 28, 2023 Yeas 95 Nays 2 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 22, 2023 Yeas 42 Nays 7 DENNY HECK
President of the Senate | CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1499 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved April 6, 2023 9:30 AM | FILED April 6, 2023 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1499
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2023 Regular Session |
ByHouse Human Services, Youth, & Early Learning (originally sponsored by Representatives Shavers, Ramel, Santos, Leavitt, Gregerson, Bateman, Ormsby, Doglio, Pollet, Reed, Ortiz-Self, Stonier, and Fosse)
READ FIRST TIME 02/14/23.
AN ACT Relating to food assistance funding; and amending RCW
43.23.290.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
43.23.290 and 2010 c 68 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The director of the department may exercise powers and duties with respect to the administration of food assistance programs in the department. It is the intent of the legislature in administering the food assistance programs transferred to the department by chapter 68, Laws of 2010, that programs continue to be provided through community-based organizations. It is the intent of the legislature that in accepting the administration of food assistance programs, the department's core programs administered by the department by July 1, 2010, not be impacted.
(2) The director of the department may adopt rules necessary to implement the food assistance programs.
(3) The director of the department may enter into contracts and agreements to implement food assistance programs, including contracts and agreements with the United States department of agriculture, to implement federal food assistance programs.
(4) The department may not restrict the amount of food assistance program funding provided to food banks that may be used for essential nonfood items, including diapers, feminine products, and hygiene products, to less than 25 percent of total funding.
Passed by the House February 28, 2023.
Passed by the Senate March 22, 2023.
Approved by the Governor April 6, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 6, 2023.
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