---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating the term \"branch\" as an identifying factor for extensions of the public institutions of higher education."
description: "Eliminating the term \"branch\" as an identifying factor for extensions of the public institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1107"
citation: "Washington HB 1107 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b1ea31f-6282-4235-a476-b7aea7367455"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1107&year=2017"
source_hash: "9c56df748f6fd38d12a8a57820c49493a4c38c10fc0747c029c4e3b137b5960f"
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 1107 (2017-2018) — Eliminating the term "branch" as an identifying factor for extensions of the public institutions of 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1107.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#6) — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#27) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haler — primary (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Shea — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-11** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** HE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-01-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-01** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** HIE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-19** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Chapter 52, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-19** 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/1b1ea31f-6282-4235-a476-b7aea7367455`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).