---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring accreditation standards for college in the high school programs."
description: "Requiring accreditation standards for college in the high school programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1734"
citation: "Washington HB 1734 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6407c4f0-9872-4260-b2b7-ac473de6c31a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1734&year=2019"
source_hash: "0f479d5643d944e24f806612300c18d54e136b869b20a6ce8ac2ca40d7855e80"
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 1734 (2019-2020) — Requiring accreditation standards for college in the high school 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1734.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1734-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage (#13) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-15** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-09** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** 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, 47; nays, 0; absent, 1; 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 272, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 08:00 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

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6407c4f0-9872-4260-b2b7-ac473de6c31a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).