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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concerning access to higher education."
+description: "Concerning access to higher education."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 1176"
+citation: "Washington HB 1176 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paul"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62b24bc1-7898-48db-a5f4-e73e87328087"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1176&year=2021"
+source_hash: "1c5a7c7b17b96e48724c9be0513f207610962ad8b4f9747270022a93b9945893"
+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 1176 (2021-2022) — Concerning access to higher 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1176.htm)
+2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1176-S.E.htm)
+3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1176-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#1) — **58–40** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **77–20** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **25–23** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul — primary (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
+- Callan — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
+- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
+- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-13T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 8:00 AM.
+- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 1:30 PM.
+- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
+- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 21). `substitution`
+- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-24T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 77; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
+- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
+- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 25; nays, 23; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 58; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
+- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 120, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
+- **2021-01-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
+- **2021-02-04T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 01:30 PM
+- **2021-03-17T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
+- **2021-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education 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/62b24bc1-7898-48db-a5f4-e73e87328087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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