---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding access to the homeless and foster care college students pilot program."
description: "Expanding access to the homeless and foster care college students pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1166"
citation: "Washington HB 1166 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "FOSTER CARE", "HOMELESS PERSONS", "STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e8ed948-464c-4c5e-9558-e77e3924242d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1166&year=2021"
source_hash: "2e7ff2347ed1be8a7886fc27870c50c016e9e6d2a72d89d1a70344049e269806"
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 1166 (2021-2022) — Expanding access to the homeless and foster care college students pilot 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1166.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1166-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **73–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **41–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Caldier — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Harris-Talley — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (APP 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 73; nays, 22; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T05:00:00+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. `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`
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+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. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **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`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 41; nays, 8; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-10T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 62, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-01-19T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2021-02-01T20:30:00+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
- **2021-03-31T17:30:00+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/6e8ed948-464c-4c5e-9558-e77e3924242d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).