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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing regional universities to offer doctorate level degrees in education."
description: "Allowing regional universities to offer doctorate level degrees in education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1755"
citation: "Washington HB 1755 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/659c640f-0971-49fa-b486-6e97f3f6d401"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1755&year=2019"
source_hash: "bae32e4c3ae3bc9781632f56f3b85352ee1f80704bbacb9c1501695ebe57ec06"
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 1755 (2019-2020) — Allowing regional universities to offer doctorate level degrees in education.
## 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/1755.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#56) — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#5) — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage (#15) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Leavitt — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Corry — cosponsor (person)
- Dent — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Lovick — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Van Werven — cosponsor (person)
- Volz — cosponsor (person)
- Ybarra — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-30** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** CWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-02-15** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2019-02-28** Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-04** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-04** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 2; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-13** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-28** By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
- **2020-01-13** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2020-01-21** Placed on third reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-01-22** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 1; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-01-24** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** HEWD - Majority; do pass.
- **2020-02-27** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-02** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-07** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-09** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-03-18** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Chapter 15, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-03-18** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2019-02-12T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-02-15T13:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-14T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2019-03-26T17:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-25T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/659c640f-0971-49fa-b486-6e97f3f6d401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).