---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the Washington national guard postsecondary education grant program."
description: "Concerning the Washington national guard postsecondary education grant program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5197"
citation: "Washington SB 5197 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "MILITARY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hobbs"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58ea1d41-0bb3-44e7-b080-3e38747e29a4"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5197&year=2019"
source_hash: "b8591c25c41350248a5b26eea0b081c5a28ab7d690d86e276b88e4abb5142570"
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 SB 5197 (2019-2020) — Concerning the Washington national guard postsecondary education grant program.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5197.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#33) — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **44–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#24) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hobbs — primary (person)
- Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Fortunato — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Short — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-29** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-02-18** WM - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-18** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-26** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-05** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 43; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** HOUS - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to Senate 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.
- **2020-01-24** Third reading, passed; yeas, 44; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** First reading, referred to Housing, Community Development & Veterans. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** HOUS - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-26** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-03-02** APP - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-03-02** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-03-03** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-03-04** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 297, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-01-24T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-01-29T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-07T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-18T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 03:30 PM
- **2019-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-25T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Housing, Community Development & Veterans at 10:00 AM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations 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/58ea1d41-0bb3-44e7-b080-3e38747e29a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).