---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning open educational resources."
description: "Concerning open educational resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1561"
citation: "Washington HB 1561 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC POLICY", "INSTITUTE FOR", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "STUDIES", "STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 61
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/497a9433-4b8c-468d-889a-1a6bf821c8a1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1561&year=2017"
source_hash: "119f31b7b90cb1f3fd23f6b023733b1bdc885204f192f917f9f2ace30274d4b0"
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 1561 (2017-2018) — Concerning open educational resources.

## 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/1561.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1561-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1561-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1561-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — **81–17** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#11) — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#15) — **72–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Farrell — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
- Senn — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** 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`
- **2017-02-08** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-08** HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-08** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-22** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-06** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** HIE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Higher Education.
- **2017-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **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.
- **2018-01-16** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-01-18** Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2018-01-22** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** HEWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2018-02-22** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
- **2018-02-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-03-02** Committee amendment not adopted. `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-02** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-02** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-05** Passed final passage; yeas, 81; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-27** Governor partially vetoed. `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter 268, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-27** 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/497a9433-4b8c-468d-889a-1a6bf821c8a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).