---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reauthorizing the work group concerned with removing obstacles for higher education students with disabilities."
description: "Reauthorizing the work group concerned with removing obstacles for higher education students with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2037"
citation: "Washington HB 2037 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL", "DISABILITIES", "INDIVIDUALS WITH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a136371-496a-4a12-a963-100a90ce7794"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2037&year=2017"
source_hash: "0e6cb7be6fc0c5c822085984ed8d815d8d448ebb264b9a1c16c50402dd58a1ac"
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 2037 (2017-2018) — Reauthorizing the work group concerned with removing obstacles for higher education students with disabilities.

## 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/2037.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2037-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#33) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Haler — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kagi — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Tarleton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** 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 Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-15** HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2017-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-09** 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.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 175, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** 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/5a136371-496a-4a12-a963-100a90ce7794`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).