---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating college in the high school fees."
description: "Eliminating college in the high school fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5048"
citation: "Washington SB 5048 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullet"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-12-15"
last_action: "2023-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3134abd-1f41-40db-b832-ae126f4d6b1b"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5048&year=2023"
source_hash: "1ff9cd1f525c6964f3e60e57bb13317a234c90ea91a035787520d5c366230b91"
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 5048 (2023-2024) — Eliminating college in the high school fees.

## 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/Senate%20Bills/5048.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5048-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5048-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5048-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#8) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#16) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#5) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullet — primary (person)
- Billig — cosponsor (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Holy — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
- Warnick — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-15** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-18** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-18** HEWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-18** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-23** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-06** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-24** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-24** PEW - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-01** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-04-04** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `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** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Committee amendment adopted and floor amendment(s) also adopted. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Third reading, passed; yeas, 97; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-04** Chapter 314, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** 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/e3134abd-1f41-40db-b832-ae126f4d6b1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).