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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the practice of transcript withholding and limiting the practice of registration holds at institutions of higher education as debt collection practices."
description: "Prohibiting the practice of transcript withholding and limiting the practice of registration holds at institutions of higher education as debt collection practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2513"
citation: "Washington HB 2513 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES", "COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Slatter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 53
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bdd6401-6042-43f7-b507-140dd5d6dd1c"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2513&year=2019"
source_hash: "7f56338965e558f5a6f444baea85989096ca518d5e9eeffe3efb415ec53cb7b8"
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 2513 (2019-2020) — Prohibiting the practice of transcript withholding and limiting the practice of registration holds at institutions of higher education as debt collection practices.
## 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/2513.htm)
2. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2513-S2.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2513-S.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#13) — **59–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#12) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#28) — **36–13** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Slatter — primary (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Lekanoff — cosponsor (person)
- Ormsby — cosponsor (person)
- Ortiz-Self — cosponsor (person)
- Pollet — cosponsor (person)
- Riccelli — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-15** First reading, referred to College & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** CWD - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-05** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-05** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Appropriations.
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-10** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2020-02-16** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2020-02-17** 2nd substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2020-02-17** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-02-17** Third reading, passed; yeas, 59; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-02-19** First reading, referred to Higher Education & Workforce Development. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** HEWD - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-02-28** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Referred to Ways & Means.
- **2020-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2020-03-02** Minority; do not pass.
- **2020-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2020-03-04** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2020-03-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted with no other amendments.
- **2020-03-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2020-03-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2020-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2020-03-10** Passed final passage; yeas, 59; nays, 38; absent, 0; excused, 1. `passage`
- **2020-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to Governor.
- **2020-04-02** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-02** Chapter 281, 2020 Laws. `became-law`
- **2020-04-02** Effective date 6/11/2020. `became-law`
- **2020-01-22T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-05T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on College & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-08T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 09:00 AM
- **2020-02-10T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations 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
- **2020-02-28T18:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development at 01:30 PM
- **2020-02-29T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 09:00 AM
- **2020-03-02T15:00:00+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/7bdd6401-6042-43f7-b507-140dd5d6dd1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).