---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning college bound scholarship eligible students."
description: "Concerning college bound scholarship eligible students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1311"
citation: "Washington HB 1311 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 56
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd292563-e98c-4c67-a067-938f8cb9f5fe"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1311&year=2019"
source_hash: "122cc3e91015c4671c40a0e2021e48bab3f94fface24cc93929c63e8265bfd8b"
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 1311 (2019-2020) — Concerning college bound scholarship eligible students.

## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1311.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1311-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1311-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1311-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **31–14** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#11) — **63–31** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#30) — **66–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sells — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Stonier — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-08** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 66; nays, 29; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 63; nays, 31; absent, 0; excused, 4. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-08** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter 298, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-08** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-23T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-08T13:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 08:30 AM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 12:00 AM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd292563-e98c-4c67-a067-938f8cb9f5fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).