---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college."
description: "Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1540"
citation: "Washington HB 1540 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timmons"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69be9873-d2f9-4cb5-b42a-409479da8e4b"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1540&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "c1c88f408f34787e678c0fe74f1b8243d4a390d76ee865d6ffdca810938d0b00"
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 1540 (2025-2026) — Expanding eligibility for the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program to an accredited tribal college.

## 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/1540.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1540.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#1) — **62–33** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#14) — **45–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Timmons — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Eslick — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Macri — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-10** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-10** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-10** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Third reading, passed; yeas, 62; nays, 33; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-03-13** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-03-24** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 45; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-14** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Chapter 92, 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/69be9873-d2f9-4cb5-b42a-409479da8e4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).