republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-1561.md

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Bill	Concerning open educational resources.	Concerning open educational resources.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 1561	Washington HB 1561 (2017-2018)	bill	PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES STUDIES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL	enacted	Frame	4	61	4	2017-01-23	2018-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/497a9433-4b8c-468d-889a-1a6bf821c8a1	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1561&year=2017	119f31b7b90cb1f3fd23f6b023733b1bdc885204f192f917f9f2ace30274d4b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 1561 (2017-2018) — Concerning open educational resources.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
3. Second Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source
4. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#13) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#11) — 64–34 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#14) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#15) — 72–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Frame — primary (person)
• Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
• Doglio — cosponsor (person)
• Dolan — cosponsor (person)
• Farrell — cosponsor (person)
• Fey — cosponsor (person)
• Goodman — cosponsor (person)
• Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
• Kloba — cosponsor (person)
• Lovick — cosponsor (person)
• Macri — cosponsor (person)
• Peterson — cosponsor (person)
• Pollet — cosponsor (person)
• Sawyer — cosponsor (person)
• Senn — cosponsor (person)
• Slatter — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)
• Stonier — cosponsor (person)
• Tarleton — cosponsor (person)
• Tharinger — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-23 First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-02-08 HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-08 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-13 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-06 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-08 HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-08 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-13 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-02-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-06 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-02-22 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-02-22 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-02-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-03 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
• 2017-03-06 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-06 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-06 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-06 Third reading, passed; yeas, 64; nays, 34; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-08 First reading, referred to Higher Education. reading-1
• 2017-03-28 HIE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-28 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2017-03-29 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2017-04-03 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) but without amendment(s) by Higher Education.
• 2017-04-04 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-11 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-16 Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-01-18 Third reading, passed; yeas, 72; nays, 24; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-01-22 First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. reading-1
• 2018-02-22 HEWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2018-02-22 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2018-02-22 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-03-02 Committee amendment not adopted. amendment-failure
• 2018-03-02 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2018-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2018-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 81; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-27 Governor partially vetoed. executive-veto-line-item
• 2018-03-27 Chapter 268, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-27 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/497a9433-4b8c-468d-889a-1a6bf821c8a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).