---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhancing the college bound scholarship program."
description: "Enhancing the college bound scholarship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1232"
citation: "Washington HB 1232 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae9d3c4-606f-4049-bfc1-86e1b45de5fa"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1232&year=2023"
source_hash: "aacb47c2522cf08a703745d6012ae2ea0a39494cc5b4875dc7ad60081ad1c03f"
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 1232 (2023-2024) — Enhancing the college bound 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/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1232.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1232.PL.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#28) — **39–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Chambers — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Duerr — cosponsor (person)
- Entenman — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Gregerson — cosponsor (person)
- Hackney — cosponsor (person)
- Kloba — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Mena — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Ramel — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Street — cosponsor (person)
- Thai — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-27** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-27** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-13** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-02-13** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27** Third reading, passed; yeas, 92; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2023-03-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-15** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-04-10** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 10; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-17** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Chapter 174, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-25** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ae9d3c4-606f-4049-bfc1-86e1b45de5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).