---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the date by which tuition operating fees are established."
description: "Concerning the date by which tuition operating fees are established."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5079"
citation: "Washington SB 5079 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braun"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-20"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8be7b3-fedb-4a39-85a1-1eab9d1534b1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5079&year=2023"
source_hash: "553efa56a573c72828eea60819bcbf2327de7b803c64c5eee71f346f8fec13fa"
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 5079 (2023-2024) — Concerning the date by which tuition operating fees are established.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5079.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5079.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#12) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Braun — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Dozier — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Muzzall — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Schoesler — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-20** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-18** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-01-25** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-17** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-30** Chapter 9, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-03-30** 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/6a8be7b3-fedb-4a39-85a1-1eab9d1534b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).