---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning technical college diploma programs."
description: "Concerning technical college diploma programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5640"
citation: "Washington SB 5640 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb07e5e2-8799-4303-bc34-31597e636359"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5640&year=2017"
source_hash: "fb79c7bd52f4e8626bdecbdf85d80770767bad325531e0329f46980c75e57e49"
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 5640 (2017-2018) — Concerning technical college diploma programs.

## 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/5640.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#15) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Cleveland — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** HIE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-02-24** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-28** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-28** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-02** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-14** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter 93, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-20** 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/bb07e5e2-8799-4303-bc34-31597e636359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).