---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at institutions of higher education."
description: "Requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5100"
citation: "Washington SB 5100 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a2f22ac-2f31-449c-b25c-a8d72d074580"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5100&year=2017"
source_hash: "b57bde18b8dc2b3a66ace3dd934d089a5be49ab866c67d7322c7f48e0c778645"
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 SB 5100 (2017-2018) — Requiring live financial literacy seminars for students at institutions of higher education.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5100.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5100-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#7) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#3) — **83–15** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Angel — cosponsor (person)
- Darneille — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** HIE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-01-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-24** WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-08** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** HE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-29** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-04-04** Minority; do not pass.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-12** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2017-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 83; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 177, 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/3a2f22ac-2f31-449c-b25c-a8d72d074580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).