---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within the opportunity scholarship program."
description: "Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within the opportunity scholarship program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1587"
citation: "Washington HB 1587 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92fcdb94-5089-4282-ba60-2889776b0e65"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1587&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "d802c150f20920e3c05b92c53d86116fa207a381537018bee478ef4c768bab20"
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 1587 (2025-2026) — Encouraging local government partner promise scholarship programs within 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/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1587.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1587-S2.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1587-S2.PL.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1587-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#25) — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#19) — **57–36** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#6) — **58–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Nance — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Rude — cosponsor (person)
- Salahuddin — cosponsor (person)
- Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Zahn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** First reading, referred to Postsecondary Education & Workforce. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Public hearing in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-11** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Postsecondary Education & Workforce at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-02-11** PEW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 4:00 PM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted (APP 25). `substitution`
- **2025-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 58; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 10:30 AM.
- **2025-03-24** HEWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-03-24** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2025-04-07** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Higher Education & Workforce Development. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-07** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2025-04-09** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2025-04-14** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14** Third reading, passed; yeas, 33; nays, 16; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2025-04-19** Passed final passage; yeas, 57; nays, 36; absent, 0; excused, 5. `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Chapter 254, 2025 Laws. `became-law`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date 7/27/2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92fcdb94-5089-4282-ba60-2889776b0e65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).