---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the opportunity scholarship program."
description: "Concerning the opportunity scholarship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1805"
citation: "Washington HB 1805 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPRENTICES AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES", "COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01f1a6ef-9d3f-4e7c-afed-1a88eb98bdcb"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1805&year=2021"
source_hash: "3fc7f742a692d01a052434168eeae85d6a6fac9fdad70c004d4def30ac30337c"
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 1805 (2021-2022) — Concerning the opportunity scholarship program.

## 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/1805.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#23) — **92–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#36) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **89–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul — primary (person)
- Boehnke — cosponsor (person)
- Shewmake — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** CWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 5. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 1:30 PM.
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** HEWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** On motion, referred to Ways & Means.
- **2022-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Higher Education & Workforce Development. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed final passage; yeas, 92; nays, 5; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2022-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 211, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-01-26T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 08:00 AM
- **2022-02-03T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-04T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2022-02-17T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2022-02-26T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01f1a6ef-9d3f-4e7c-afed-1a88eb98bdcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).