---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning community and technical colleges granting high school diplomas."
description: "Concerning community and technical colleges granting high school diplomas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1714"
citation: "Washington HB 1714 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Entenman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b58c342-72a3-455d-8043-cbe10f355730"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1714&year=2019"
source_hash: "364703afb8ef2a5f7806a6b912d467403b0d35de88d244cc2a72f79da62a29b4"
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 1714 (2019-2020) — Concerning community and technical colleges granting high school diplomas.

## 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/1714.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#14) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Entenman — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** ED - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-02-28** 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.
- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-17** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 269, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-14T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b58c342-72a3-455d-8043-cbe10f355730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).