republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-5234.md

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Bill	Requiring establishment of a systemwide credit policy regarding AP exams. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Requiring establishment of a coordinated, evidence-based credit policy regarding AP exams. )	Requiring establishment of a systemwide credit policy regarding AP exams. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Requiring establishment of a coordinated, evidence-based credit policy regarding AP exams. )	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 5234	Washington SB 5234 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Mullet	2	25	3	2017-01-18	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/04d5a2cc-a427-4d21-bc5e-ece73d2d5c52	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5234&year=2017	1808eae7617e472809eefbcdea16161eb3ec776fbdaa6c20831e5f94caed2d0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 5234 (2017-2018) — Requiring establishment of a systemwide credit policy regarding AP exams. (REVISED FOR PASSED LEGISLATURE: Requiring establishment of a coordinated, evidence-based credit policy regarding AP exams. )

Version chain

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

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#17) — 71–26 (pass) · lower
• Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#43) — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mullet — primary (person)
• Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
• Liias — cosponsor (person)
• Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
• Rivers — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-18 First reading, referred to Higher Education. reading-1
• 2017-02-02 HIE - Majority; do pass.
• 2017-02-02 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-02-03 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2017-02-14 On motion, referred to Rules Green Sheet for second reading.
• 2017-02-28 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-03-01 Floor amendment(s) adopted.
• 2017-03-01 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-01 Third reading, passed; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2017-03-03 First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2017-03-22 HE - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
• 2017-03-22 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2017-03-24 Referred to Rules 2 Review.
• 2017-03-31 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2017-04-05 Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
• 2017-04-05 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2017-04-05 Third reading, passed; yeas, 71; nays, 26; absent, 0; excused, 1. reading-3
• 2017-04-13 Senate concurred in House amendments.
• 2017-04-13 Passed final passage; yeas, 49; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. passage
• 2017-04-17 President signed. passage
• 2017-04-18 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-04-19 Delivered to Governor.
• 2017-05-04 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-05-04 Chapter 179, 2017 Laws. became-law
• 2017-05-04 Effective date 7/23/2017. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04d5a2cc-a427-4d21-bc5e-ece73d2d5c52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).