---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding scholarships for community and technical college students."
description: "Expanding scholarships for community and technical college students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1425"
citation: "Washington HB 1425 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS", "WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a662c6-affc-43f1-bec1-ed550100d0f6"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1425&year=2021"
source_hash: "7e0c7f31f1b1c4b64bfff52560be3d4b666b3de285a03ac12de49cfa8d84d2ad"
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 1425 (2021-2022) — Expanding scholarships for community and technical college students.

## 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/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1425.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1425-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#11) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage without Senate Amendments (#14) — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)
- Chopp — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Rule — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM.
- **2021-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2021-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** 1st substitute bill substituted (CWD 21). `substitution`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2021-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2021-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. Asks Senate to recede from amendments.
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Senate receded from amendments.
- **2021-04-19T04:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 37; nays, 12; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-21T04:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 133, 2021 Laws. `became-law`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 7/25/2021. `became-law`
- **2021-02-04T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM
- **2021-02-11T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 10:00 AM
- **2021-03-11T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2021-03-18T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16a662c6-affc-43f1-bec1-ed550100d0f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).