---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extending the terms of eligibility for financial aid programs."
description: "Extending the terms of eligibility for financial aid programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5904"
citation: "Washington SB 5904 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nobles"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-12-22"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d106fb3e-fe87-4f37-a439-be68209bd80a"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5904&year=2023"
source_hash: "6fb3f3b5922de4e86ea12cdd1b199fecd107d7f23a0836e4262744fccd3fe0c8"
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 5904 (2023-2024) — Extending the terms of eligibility for financial aid programs.

## 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/5904.htm)
2. **Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5904.PL.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#2) — **61–35** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#34) — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#23) — **34–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nobles — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dhingra — cosponsor (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Hansen — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Randall — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Trudeau — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-22** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2024-01-08** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-12** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-01-17** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-01-17** HEWD - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-17** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2024-02-05** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2024-02-05** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-05** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2024-02-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 34; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 8:00 AM.
- **2024-02-20** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-20** PEW - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 1:30 PM.
- **2024-02-26** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2024-02-26** APP - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2024-02-29** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading, passed; yeas, 61; nays, 35; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2024-03-04** Passed final passage; yeas, 35; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Chapter 323, 2024 Laws. `became-law`
- **2024-03-28** Effective date 6/6/2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d106fb3e-fe87-4f37-a439-be68209bd80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).