republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/hb-2143.md

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Bill	Expanding opportunities for higher education students.	Expanding opportunities for higher education students.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2143	Washington HB 2143 (2017-2018)	bill	PUBLIC FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND PROVIDERS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OFFICE	enacted	Haler	4	70	6	2017-03-09	2018-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/b1bd796b-d568-4485-96c9-a5f9086e6370	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2143&year=2017	e28c4a678569b0b6488ead93f87ef10ff308f5e37ecad77a5f7f17c0b7e052b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington HB 2143 (2017-2018) — Expanding opportunities for higher education students.

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 (#21) — 94–3 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#2) — 95–3 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#15) — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• Final Passage (#19) — 93–3 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#20) — 91–3 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage (#16) — 89–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Haler — primary (person)
• Hansen — cosponsor (person)
• Holy — cosponsor (person)
• Muri — cosponsor (person)
• Stanford — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-09 First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-29 HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-03-29 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-03-29 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-04-04 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-04-04 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-07 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-03-29 HE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-03-29 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-03-29 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2017-04-04 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-04-04 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-07 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-04-04 APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2017-04-04 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-04-04 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-04-06 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-07 2nd substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2017-04-07 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-07 Third reading, passed; yeas, 93; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2017-04-11 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2017-04-20 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-04-20 Minority; do not pass.
• 2017-04-20 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-04-21 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-04-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-04-24 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-01 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2017-05-02 Rules suspended.
• 2017-05-02 Returned to second reading for amendment.
• 2017-05-02 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-05-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-05-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 89; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 6. reading-3
• 2017-05-05 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-05-23 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-05-23 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2017-05-25 Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 4. reading-3
• 2017-05-29 First reading, referred to Ways & Means. reading-1
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
• 2017-06-21 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2017-06-23 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2017-07-20 Returned to House Rules 3.
• 2018-01-08 By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
• 2018-01-09 Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on third reading.
• 2018-01-11 Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-01-15 First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. reading-1
• 2018-02-22 HEWD - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-22 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s) by Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-26 Minority; do not pass.
• 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, 48; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments.
• 2018-03-05 Passed final passage; yeas, 94; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 1. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-22 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-22 Chapter 209, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-22 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1bd796b-d568-4485-96c9-a5f9086e6370. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).