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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act."
+description: "Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
+legislature: "Washington Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 1559"
+citation: "Washington HB 1559 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Entenman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-24"
+last_action: "2023-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad4ff315-4330-451d-8f76-04aa429e0d90"
+source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1559&year=2023"
+source_hash: "eaf3771405d3be2a33ef0a1d402a1a47b779a677b5dfe7c6100af52cad99d0bf"
+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 1559 (2023-2024) — Establishing the student basic needs at public postsecondary institutions act.
+
+## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1559.htm)
+2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1559-S2.htm)
+3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1559-S2.PL.htm)
+4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1559-S.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **28–20** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **57–40** (pass) · lower
+- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **55–40** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#18) — **29–20** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Entenman — primary (person)
+- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
+- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
+- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
+- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
+- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-24** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-31** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-02-10** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-14** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
+- **2023-02-14** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-14** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-14** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-17** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
+- **2023-02-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
+- **2023-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 23). `substitution`
+- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 57; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-07** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
+- **2023-03-15** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-15** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-03-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
+- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
+- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
+- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
+- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 29; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
+- **2023-04-20** Senate receded from amendments.
+- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended.
+- **2023-04-20** Returned to second reading for amendment.
+- **2023-04-20** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
+- **2023-04-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 28; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** House concurred in Senate amendments.
+- **2023-04-20** Passed final passage; yeas, 55; nays, 40; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
+- **2023-04-21** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-21** President signed. `passage`
+- **2023-04-22** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-11** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-11** Chapter 421, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
+- **2023-05-11** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad4ff315-4330-451d-8f76-04aa429e0d90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).
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