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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allowing regional universities to offer doctorate level degrees in education."
+description: "Allowing regional universities to offer doctorate level degrees in education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 1755"
+citation: "Washington HB 1755 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-01-30"
+last_action: "2020-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/659c640f-0971-49fa-b486-6e97f3f6d401"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1755&year=2019"
+source_hash: "bae32e4c3ae3bc9781632f56f3b85352ee1f80704bbacb9c1501695ebe57ec06"
+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 HB 1755 (2019-2020) — Allowing regional universities to offer doctorate level degrees in education.
+
+## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1755.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#56) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage (#15) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leavitt — primary (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Corry — cosponsor (person)
+- Dent — cosponsor (person)
+- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
+- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
+- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
+- Volz — cosponsor (person)
+- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-15** CWD - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
+- **2019-02-18** Referred to Appropriations.
+- **2019-02-28** Committee relieved of further consideration.
+- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
+- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-26** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
+- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
+- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
+- **2020-01-21** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2020-01-24** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-25** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
+- **2020-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
+- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
+- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
+- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
+- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-18** Chapter 15, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
+- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 08:00 AM
+- **2019-03-14T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
+- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
+- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/659c640f-0971-49fa-b486-6e97f3f6d401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
+