---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning applied doctorate degree-granting authority."
description: "Concerning applied doctorate degree-granting authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1030"
citation: "Washington HB 1030 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-12"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f07f908-01bd-4455-a169-d5af19399686"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1030&year=2023"
source_hash: "73793be2c11d48520b8ddc643813da1bd9ef7bbfbef1e58d611bd942a9c613a2"
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 1030 (2023-2024) — Concerning applied doctorate degree-granting authority.

## 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1030.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1030.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#4) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Bronoske — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-12** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-17** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2023-01-24** Placed on second reading suspension calendar. `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-26** Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-15** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-30** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-08** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-14** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Chapter 130, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f07f908-01bd-4455-a169-d5af19399686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).