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type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning eligibility for veteran or national guard tuition waivers."
description: "Concerning eligibility for veteran or national guard tuition waivers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5826"
citation: "Washington SB 5826 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hobbs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d6934c-384c-4351-80f3-2adba0ec5caa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5826&year=2017"
source_hash: "77a7eb33ab0d477c9c5c062a09cf35b789c76d3cc84a6dc8e933967aed844554"
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 SB 5826 (2017-2018) — Concerning eligibility for veteran or national guard tuition waivers.
## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5826.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hobbs — primary (person)
- Conway — cosponsor (person)
- Fain — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- O'Ban — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-16** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** HIE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter 127, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-25** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15d6934c-384c-4351-80f3-2adba0ec5caa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).