---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the definition of resident student to comply with the federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014."
description: "Modifying the definition of resident student to comply with the federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 5778"
citation: "Washington SB 5778 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14c67540-10d9-4ccc-974a-ac42bf32f1a5"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5778&year=2017"
source_hash: "83adc1c0961d1ed6abb8752e46622165cea58e44635ca1bdcedd40b9b2110ed2"
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 5778 (2017-2018) — Modifying the definition of resident student to comply with the federal requirements established by the veterans access, choice, and accountability act of 2014.

## 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/2017-18/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5778.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#17) — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#26) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** First reading, referred to Higher Education. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** HIE - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-02-17** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-03-08** First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** HE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2017-03-24** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2017-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Higher Education.
- **2017-04-04** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-04-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-04-10** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2017-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2017-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2017-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter 191, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-05-04** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14c67540-10d9-4ccc-974a-ac42bf32f1a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).