---
type: "Bill"
title: "Informing students of low-cost course materials for community and technical college courses."
description: "Informing students of low-cost course materials for community and technical college courses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1702"
citation: "Washington HB 1702 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Van Werven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ec11084-b3dc-49ac-bd85-8c2fbd725a82"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1702&year=2019"
source_hash: "da931ddd049461e21bb63a3fbbd4b1213ef2d575165d2b0320bd1b361e26e8e6"
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 1702 (2019-2020) — Informing students of low-cost course materials for community and technical college courses.

## 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/1702.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#33) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage on Reconsideration (#4) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Van Werven — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Dye — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Gildon — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Kraft — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Mosbrucker — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)
- Young — 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.
- **2019-02-14** 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, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-04-03** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-21** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-22** Vote on third reading will be reconsidered.
- **2020-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-24** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-25** Chapter 104, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-25** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-05T18:30:00+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
- **2019-04-02T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development 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/4ec11084-b3dc-49ac-bd85-8c2fbd725a82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).