---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notifying students of courses with low-cost instructional materials and open educational resources at the four-year institutions of higher education."
description: "Notifying students of courses with low-cost instructional materials and open educational resources at the four-year institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1119"
citation: "Washington HB 1119 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacobsen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ade5cd8d-aeb3-4492-b77e-9fffe486b9d9"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1119&year=2021"
source_hash: "ab6ef0de328cd21c457d44e626fd167afe6b5f8dcfd582458cd2c44b9270a646"
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 1119 (2021-2022) — Notifying students of courses with low-cost instructional materials and open educational resources at the four-year institutions of higher education.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1119.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#8) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#3) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jacobsen — primary (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Graham — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2021-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-01-21T05:00:00+00:00** CWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** HEWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Higher Education & Workforce Development. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 1; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 97; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 152, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-18T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2021-01-21T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-01T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-03-11T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-01T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2021-04-02T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ade5cd8d-aeb3-4492-b77e-9fffe486b9d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).