---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning college in the high school programs."
description: "Concerning college in the high school programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1302"
citation: "Washington HB 1302 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "INDIANS", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f94c32d9-dd4b-484e-a2ce-bb160eaf1724"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1302&year=2021"
source_hash: "23f89148ba8c649cba58f83526d759b249ef648bfdaf9f0ed6e8d4351a88212f"
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 1302 (2021-2022) — Concerning 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1302.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1302-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Sutherland — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+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`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (ED 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM.
- **2021-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** EDU - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+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, 49; nays, 0; 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 71, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-05T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-12T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-10T15:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM
- **2021-03-17T14:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 10:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f94c32d9-dd4b-484e-a2ce-bb160eaf1724`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).