---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding a student member to the state board for community and technical colleges."
description: "Adding a student member to the state board for community and technical colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1486"
citation: "Washington HB 1486 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salahuddin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a85745bf-7204-476c-ad43-dd22938a0c44"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1486&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "f4f075f1a839b8a6ece43a4641cbd83ad345068c51dc07336138b6f4c4f52b9f"
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 1486 (2025-2026) — Adding a student member to the state board for community and technical colleges.

## 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1486.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1486-S.htm)
3. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1486-S.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#34) — **75–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salahuddin — primary (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Peterson — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-19** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-19** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-21** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** 1st substitute bill substituted (PEW 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 75; nays, 20; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-24** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 91, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-04-21** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a85745bf-7204-476c-ad43-dd22938a0c44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).