---
type: "Bill"
title: "Decoupling services and activities fees from tuition."
description: "Decoupling services and activities fees from tuition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1433"
citation: "Washington HB 1433 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stambaugh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 58
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d6ad50e-b7cc-449e-9395-7022c6e67a71"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1433&year=2017"
source_hash: "31a13af51c8a96c9f96ecb94c02a2fe1dda668d94b79bbc72f2f4193690fcf98"
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 1433 (2017-2018) — Decoupling services and activities fees from tuition.

## 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/1433.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1433-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1433-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#22) — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#42) — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#37) — **83–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stambaugh — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Hargrove — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Higher Education.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-15** HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-24** APP - Majority; do pass 1st substitute bill proposed by Higher Education.
- **2017-02-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** HIE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **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; do pass.
- **2018-01-11** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2018-01-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-01-24** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2018-01-24** Minority; do not pass.
- **2018-01-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 7; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-10** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-20** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-22** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2018-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2018-02-23** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-01** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** 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.
- **2018-03-22** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-22** Chapter 202, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-22** 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/9d6ad50e-b7cc-449e-9395-7022c6e67a71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).