SHB 1499 — Concerning food assistance funding.

What this bill does

Provides that the Washington State Department of Agriculture, in administering of food assistance program funding, may not restrict the amount of funding provided to food banks that may be used for essential nonfood items.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2023
  95 yea · 2 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 22, 2023
  42 yea · 7 nay

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