---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning resident student status as applied to veterans."
description: "Concerning resident student status as applied to veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1688"
citation: "Washington HB 1688 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd429068-bf85-40ee-90c7-3ee433afbb87"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1688&year=2019"
source_hash: "18dd761d87d08cdfa7d3b425335cde3dd68a9b0295214ae3f053ffb2f18c41c4"
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 1688 (2019-2020) — Concerning resident student status as applied to veterans.

## 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/1688.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#13) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **43–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ryu — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** CWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-26** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-03** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-04-24** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Chapter 126, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-04-24** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-06T18:30:00+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
- **2019-02-26T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-14T17:30:00+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
- **2019-04-03T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd429068-bf85-40ee-90c7-3ee433afbb87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).