---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing higher education support for gold star families."
description: "Providing higher education support for gold star families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2009"
citation: "Washington HB 2009 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "MILITARY", "VETERANS", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 65
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11452f4d-38f4-43e6-aa20-049176b4bcb8"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2009&year=2017"
source_hash: "cf074fe9e5c94d41627a714321ab24abdd1432eec08f7872bc28f58678444e64"
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 2009 (2017-2018) — Providing higher education support for gold star families.

## 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/2009.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2009-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2009-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2009-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#16) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#38) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#32) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#4) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fey — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- McBride — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Orwall — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** 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.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-15** HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-02-22** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 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.
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-01** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-07** 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 Appropriations.
- **2018-02-06** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2018-02-06** Returned to Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2018-02-08** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2018-02-08** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2018-02-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-02-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** 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 Higher Education & Workforce Development.
- **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(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **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 refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended.
- **2018-03-06** Returned to second reading for amendment.
- **2018-03-06** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2018-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2018-03-07** Passed final passage; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Delivered to Governor.
- **2018-03-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-21** Chapter 129, 2018 Laws. `became-law`
- **2018-03-21** 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/11452f4d-38f4-43e6-aa20-049176b4bcb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).