---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the advanced college tuition payment program."
description: "Concerning the advanced college tuition payment program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 5430"
citation: "Washington SB 5430 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVANCED COLLEGE TUITION PAYMENT PROGRAM", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullet"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc3428eb-ca77-4cae-8dc6-e3f961843130"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5430&year=2021"
source_hash: "f69ef0130ce6d4df33f0c3f8a8fc468270aa5bb901b7e51397b3fb3bd3c2915d"
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 5430 (2021-2022) — Concerning the advanced college tuition payment 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/Senate%20Bills/5430.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#15) — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#9) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullet — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing and executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** On motion, referred to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2021-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** CWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `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, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 248, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-09T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2021-02-09T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-22T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-24T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 08:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc3428eb-ca77-4cae-8dc6-e3f961843130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).