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type: "Bill"
title: "Promoting career and college readiness through modified high school graduation requirements."
description: "Promoting career and college readiness through modified high school graduation requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1599"
citation: "Washington HB 1599 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "OFFICE (OSPI)", "SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stonier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 60
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0993175-6533-40bf-a42f-4cbbf9d02d4d"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1599&year=2019"
source_hash: "d380321605472dd275e89e77edef3cfdcc61bdbbc5625b50b1da85d5ccf75a0b"
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 1599 (2019-2020) — Promoting career and college readiness through modified high school graduation requirements.
## 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/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1599.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1599-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1599-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1599-S.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#6) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#36) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#39) — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stonier — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Kilduff — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Slatter — cosponsor (person)
- Stanford — cosponsor (person)
- Tharinger — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)
- Wylie — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-24** First reading, referred to Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-21** ED - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-21** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-21** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Executive action taken by committee.
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-08** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-08** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-08** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-08** Third reading, passed; yeas, 91; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** First reading, referred to Early Learning & K-12 Education. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** EDU - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-25** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2019-04-09** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-04-09** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-09** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-15** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2019-04-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2019-04-22** Passed final passage; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 252, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019*. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 03:30 PM
- **2019-02-21T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Education at 08:00 AM
- **2019-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-25T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-08T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 01:30 PM
- **2019-04-09T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0993175-6533-40bf-a42f-4cbbf9d02d4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).