---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning witnessing a student's college bound scholarship pledge when efforts to obtain a parent's or guardian's signature are unsuccessful."
description: "Concerning witnessing a student's college bound scholarship pledge when efforts to obtain a parent's or guardian's signature are unsuccessful."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1293"
citation: "Washington HB 1293 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ortiz-Self"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61f961cc-b0be-40e2-9f60-530938eb0af5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1293&year=2017"
source_hash: "ec53ad092c2599d75d2d9982a3626e545b9007bc93cc73ca6644c6e5c876b73e"
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 1293 (2017-2018) — Concerning witnessing a student's college bound scholarship pledge when efforts to obtain a parent's or guardian's signature are unsuccessful.

## 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/1293.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1293-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1293-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#8) — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#1) — **92–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ortiz-Self — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-14** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-27** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-23** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2017-04-24** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-05-23** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2017-06-21** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2018-01-08** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Higher Education.
- **2018-01-09** HE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on second reading.
- **2018-01-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-09** HE - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-11** Placed on second reading.
- **2018-01-18** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-18** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-01-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-26** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-03** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-09** Chapter 12, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-09** Effective date 6/7/2018. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61f961cc-b0be-40e2-9f60-530938eb0af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).